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Anatoly Shariy
Ukrainian journalist and videoblogger (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anatoly Anatoliiovych Shariy[nb 1] (Ukrainian: Анатолій Анатолійович Шарій; Russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Шарий, romanized: Anatoly Anatolyevich Shary; born 20 August 1978) is a Ukrainian journalist and videoblogger.
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Born | (1978-08-20) 20 August 1978 (age 45)[1] | |||||||||
Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||
Occupation | Journalist | |||||||||
Website | sharij | |||||||||
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Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
Genre(s) | Political, comedy, vlog | |||||||||
Subscribers | 3.04 million[2][3] (24 July 2022) | |||||||||
Total views | 4.5 billion[3] (24 July 2022) | |||||||||
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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 prior to 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]