Anatoly Shariy
 Anatoly Shariy     (Journalist, Activist) | |
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| Born | August 20, 1978 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Interests | • 2014 Ukraine coup • 2014 Ukraine coup/Civil war • Bellingcat |
Ukrainian journalist who received political asylum in the EU before the 2014 Ukraine coup, but when he continued being critical, the EU revoked his asylum and arrested him in 2022. | |
Anatoly Anatoliyevich Shariy is a Ukrainian journalist, videoblogger. Ukrainian media commonly refers to him as "pro-Russian" and "anti-Ukrainian", labels he denies and contests in courts.
Following his investigative work, he received death threats.[1] In 2012 - at the time when the Ukrainian government was a target for a NATO regime change - he received asylum in the European Union, asserting prosecution by Ukrainian law enforcement bodies related to his journalism.[2][3][4] In May 2021, Lithuania revoked the political asylum for Shariy and declared him to be a persona non grata.[5]
He continued being a critic after the 2014 Ukraine coup and the subsequent governments, with especial focus on the barely hidden nazism[6]
Shariy currently lives in Spain.[5] In February 2021, Shariy was accused of treason and incitement to ethnic or racial hatred by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).[7][6] On May 4, 2022, he was detained by Spanish authorities at the request of the SBU, accusing him of treason.[8]
Journalism and video blogging
Shariy began to engage in journalism in early 2005. In 2008, Shariy became a permanent author at the online editions of From-UA and Obozrevatel,[9] From 2008 to early 2012 he was the head of the Investigation Department of the website Obozrevatel.[9]
In 2008–2011 Shariy authored a number of publications on organized crime in Ukraine.
At the end of 2014 he interviewed a former member of armed forces of Ukraine who was an operator of a BUK unit; BUK 312 (see also UKr BUK on TV).[10][11][12]
From 2014 onwards, while living in European Union, Shariy focused on producing video blogs for his YouTube channel, which, among other things carried out debunking misinformation and propaganda in Ukrainian media.
He frequently criticizes Ukrainian publications related to the events in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukraine coup, as well as the Ukrainian governments, usually in a derisive and insulting way.[13]
Opinions
In a video from 2020 he said about Bellingcat:[14][15]
“[...], according to many experts, it's an MI6 organization.”
Anatoly Shariy (Oct 18, 2020) [16]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110509042536/http://blogs.pravda.com.ua:80/authors/chalenko/4ca6de9ed2365
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140910041243/http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1332452004
- ↑ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/kyiv-journalist-shariy-asks-for-asylum-in-lithuani.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112118/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/161191.html
- ↑ a b https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1423969/lithuania-strips-ukrainian-blogger-shariy-of-political-asylum
- ↑ a b https://www.dw.com/uk/pidozra-vid-sbu-propahanda-na-koryst-rf-shcho-vidomo-pro-anatoliia-shariia/a-56602353%7Caccess-date=2021-02-22
- ↑ https://ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-oholosyla-pro-pidozru-vidomomu-prorosiiskomu-propahandystu-shariiu%7Caccess-date=2021-02-22
- ↑ https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/pro-russian-blogger-shariy-detained-in-spain.html
- ↑ a b https://mediananny.com/raznoe/15813/%7Caccess-date=2020-08-18
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200810191946/https://www.metabunk.org/threads/claim-buk-launcher-trucked-out-of-ukraine.3977/page-7
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220510220638/https://en.topwar.ru/64894-anatoliy-shariy-vzyal-intervyu-u-byvshego-kontraktnika-vsu-kotoryy-rasskazal-o-prinadlezhnosti-skandalno-izvestnoy-ustanovki-buk-312.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTaCbmX4ffQ
- ↑ Deutsche Welle
- ↑ https://southfront.org/bellingcat-goes-to-war-with-ukrainian-opposition/
- ↑ http://archive.today/2022.05.11-230534/https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1317780279872901120.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDhhCLyYCU4 Чего стоят "расследования" Bellingcat (the video has English and German subtitles)
