Anatoly Shariy

Anatoly Shariy
Personal information
Born (1978-08-20) 20 August 1978 (age 46)[1]
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
NationalityUkrainian
OccupationJournalist
Websitesharij.net
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genre(s)Political, comedy, vlog
Subscribers3.04 million[2][3]
(24 July 2022)
Total views4.5 billion[3]
(24 July 2022)
100,000 subscribers2014
1,000,000 subscribers2017
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Anatoly Anatoliiovych Shariy[note 1] (born 20 August 1978) is a Ukrainian journalist and videoblogger.

Following his investigative work, earlier in his career, Shariy received death threats.[4] In 2012, he received asylum in the European Union, asserting prosecution by Ukrainian law enforcement bodies related to his journalism,[5][6][7] and he currently lives in Spain.[8] In June 2019, he launched the Party of Shariy, a euroskeptic party,[9] which took part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, winning 2.23% of the vote. During the 2020 local elections, the party candidates entered several city and oblast councils.[10] Following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the party was banned because of alleged ties with Russia.[11][12]

Shariy was a strong critic of Euromaidan and subsequent governments formed after it. He considered the war in the country before 2022 to be an internal conflict and a civil war, although he did not deny Russian involvement in the conflict.[13] Shariy condemned the 2022 invasion as Russian aggression, although he continued his opposition to the Ukrainian authorities.[14]

In February 2021, Shariy was accused of treason and incitement to ethnic or racial hatred by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).[15][13] In May 2022, he was detained by Spanish authorities at the request of the SBU.[16] On the same day, Shariy was released with precautionary measures as reported by his lawyer.[17] In October, a Spanish judge agreed to close the consideration of his extradition.[18][19][20][21]

  1. ^ a b "Шарій Анатолій Анатолійович" at Central Election Commission website
  2. ^ "Supersharij". Social Blade.
  3. ^ a b "About SuperSharij". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Журналист в From-UA написал об одесских педофилах, теперь ему пообещали снять голову". 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Ukrainian journalist seeks asylum in Lithuania". khpg.org. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG). 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Kyiv journalist Shariy asks for asylum in Lithuania". Kyiv Post. Public Media. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Foreign Ministry: Ukrainian journalist Shariy detained in Amsterdam, still held at airport". Interfax-Ukraine. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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  9. ^ "Spain arrests Ukrainian blogger accused of 'high treason' by Kyiv". POLITICO. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Партия Шария проходит в большинство областных и городских советов Украины - данные экзитполов". Party of Shariy. 26 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  11. ^ "NSDC bans pro-Russian parties in Ukraine". Ukrinform. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Supreme Court finally banned the Sharia Party, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2022)
  13. ^ a b "Підозра від СБУ: що відомо про Анатолія Шарія" [Suspicion from the SBU: what is known about Anatoly Shary]. Deutsche Welle (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  14. ^ "El "fugitivo" ucraniano que se refugió en la costa catalana: "Putin sabe que se ha equivocado pero ya no puede parar"". El Independiente (in Spanish). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  15. ^ "SSU announced the suspicion of the well-known pro-Russian propagandist Shariy". Security Service of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Pro-Russian blogger Shariy detained in Spain - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". 5 May 2022.
  17. ^ ""España detiene a Anatoli Sharí, bloguero prorruso acusado por Ucrania de traición"". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  18. ^ Gálvez, J. J. (11 October 2022). "Misterio resuelto: el bloguero Anatoli Sharii sigue en España, según concluye el juez tras darle por huido a Italia". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  19. ^ Iustel, todo el Derecho en Internet. "La Audiencia Nacional confirma el archivo de la extradición del bloguero prorruso reclamado por Ucrania". www.iustel.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Anatoli Sharí: España archiva la extradición de un bloguero ucraniano al creer que había huido a Italia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 5 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  21. ^ "La Audiencia Nacional archiva la extradición del bloguero prorruso reclamado por Ucrania". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 4 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.


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