:Anatoly Shariy

Anatoliy Shariy was born in Kyiv and lived there until 2012.{{cite web|url=https://24tv.ua/anatoliy_shariy_biografiya_kandidata_partiya_hto_takiy_shariy_n1174281|title=Хто такий Анатолій Шарій: біографія скандального відеоблогера|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704232912/https://24tv.ua/anatoliy_shariy_biografiya_kandidata_partiya_hto_takiy_shariy_n1174281|archivedate=2019-07-04|website= 24tv.ua |date=4 July 2019 }} Shariy began to engage in journalism in early 2005.{{cite web|url=http://anatoliyshariy.odnako.org/|title=Анатолий Шарий|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903074602/http://anatoliyshariy.odnako.org/|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status = dead}}

Shariy's first wife was Olga Rabulets, who, he says, saved him from compulsive gambling.{{Cite web|url=https://ukraine.segodnya.ua/ukraine/ihromana-c-devjatiletnim-ctazhem-cpacla-ctudentka-67096.html|title = Игромана с девятилетним стажем спасла студентка| date=11 July 2022 }} In 2013 Shariy became engaged to journalist Olga Bondarenko (now {{ill|Olga Shariy|ru|Шарий, Ольга Алексеевна}}, and they married in 2017. The couple now have a child.{{Cite web |url=https://news.rambler.ru/other/38307702-anatoliy-shariy-lyubov-i-nenavist-k-ukraine-chast-2/ |title=Анатолий Шарий: любовь и ненависть к Украине. Часть 2 |author=Хисамов И. |date=2017-11-01 |publisher=Rambler.ru|language=ru |accessdate=2020-05-01}}{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Olga Shariy, together with Anatoly, co-manages the Sharij.net website.[https://sharij.net/o-nas "О нас"] ["About Us"], sharij.net

Shariy began to engage in journalism in early 2005. In particular, he was a journalist of the online edition Obozrevatel,{{Cite web|title=Журналисту "Обозревателя" угрожает МВД? ОБНОВЛЕНО. ВИДЕО|url=https://mediananny.com/raznoe/15813/|access-date=2020-08-18|website=МедиаНяня - таблоид для и про медиа}} In 2008–2011 Shariy authored a number of publications on organized crime in Ukraine.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In 2011, Shariy shot at a man from a traumatic pistol at a McDonald's restaurant after the man, according to Shariy, insulted his wife.{{Cite web|url=https://lb.ua/news/2012/03/19/141695_kievskiy_zhurnalist_poprosil_ubezhishche.html|title=Киевский журналист попросил убежище в Литве|website=LB.ua|date=19 March 2012 }} Shariy reported the incident to police.{{Cite web|url=https://detector.media/withoutsection/article/62439/2011-05-01-redaktor-oglyadacha-anatolii-sharii-strilyav-u-napadnika-gumovimi-kulyami-dopovneno-komentarem-pravookhorontsiv/|title=Редактор "Оглядача" Анатолій Шарій стріляв у нападника гумовими кулями (доповнено коментарем правоохоронців)|date=May 2011}} Shariy later claimed that the case was later trumped-up due to his investigation of illegal drug trade, which he alleged was covered up by high rank members of Ukrainian law enforcement.{{cite web|url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_states_cis/?doc=54807|title=Kyiv journalist asks for asylum in Lithuania|website=The Baltic Course|date=2012-03-20|access-date=2019-02-25}}

The same year, journalists of the 1+1 TV channel and Shariy carried out a series of investigations of the alleged protection of the illegal controlled substance trade in Kyiv pharmacies by the Office for Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking (Ukrainian abbreviation: UBNON).{{Cite web|title=Как мы боролись с наркоаптеками. Ч.1|url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/politics/kak-myi-borolis-s-narkoaptekami-ch.1.htm|access-date=2020-09-02|website=OBOZREVATEL|date=30 May 2011|language=ru}} On 7 June 2011, Shariy published the first part of the article "Does UBNON Spit in the Face of the Minister?". On 11 June, Shariy was summoned for interrogation in the McDonald's shooting case, which had allegedly been closed already. On 20 June, Shariy gave a press conference about the situation and claimed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and UBNON ordered the pressure on him. The next day, on 21 June, the criminal case for hooliganism was initiated against Shariy related to McDonald's shooting.{{cite web|date=2011-12-15|title=Еврокомиссия обеспокоена делом Шария|url=https://b2blogger.com/pressroom/121531.html|access-date=2020-09-05|website=b2blogger.com|language=ru |trans-title=European Commission is concerned with the Shariy case}}

The following month, Shariy and journalists of the "1+1" TV channel issued several publications alleging the involvement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in covering up illegal casinos in Kyiv. On 12 July 2011, Shariy and the film crew of the "1+1" channel were locked on the casino premises. Shortly thereafter criminal investigators arrived and seized 34 slot machines and video recordings of the hall, resulting in a criminal case on gambling business.{{Cite web|title=Преступники обстреляли автомобиль журналиста после того, как он раскрыл нелегальное казино в Киеве|url=https://delo.ua/econonomyandpoliticsinukraine/prestupniki-obstreljali-avtomob-160894/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=delo.ua|date=13 July 2011 |language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=МВД и подпольное казино. Ч. 2|url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/crime/mvd-i-podpolnoe-kazino.-ch.-2.htm|access-date=2020-09-02|website=OBOZREVATEL|date=21 July 2011|language=ru}} A few hours after the incident in the casino, a shot was fired at Shariy's car, but he was not injured. In August 2011, a criminal case on an attempted assassination was opened.{{cite web |url=https://www.kurier.lt/mid-litvy-vyjasnjaet-obstojateljstva-za/|title=МИД Литвы выясняет обстоятельства задержания украинца Шария в Нидерландах|date= 2013-07-18|access-date= 2020-09-05|language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=Янукович поручил расследовать покушение на убийство журналиста Шария|url=https://rus.lb.ua/news/2011/07/14/106131_yanukovich_poruchil_rassledovat.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=LB.ua|date=14 July 2011 }}{{Cite web|title=Янукович поручил объективно расследовать покушение на журналиста|url=https://focus.ua/politics/193577|access-date=2020-08-28|website=ФОКУС|date=14 July 2011|language=ru}} The car shooting incident was cited as an example of attacks on journalists in the Human Rights Watch report for year 2011.[https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2012/country-chapters/ukraine "World Report 2012: Ukraine Events of 2011"], Human Rights Watch

After the attempted murder Shariy continued his journalistic activities. On 21 September 2011, after another publication exposing corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the case on the assassination attempt on Shariy was closed, and a criminal case was initiated against the journalist himself for "staging an assassination attempt".

After being placed on the all-Ukrainian wanted list, Shariy left the country and asked for political asylum in the European Union claiming persecution by the Ukrainian law enforcement for his journalist activities, basing on the 2011 incidents.{{Cite web|url=https://khpg.org//en/1332452004|title=Ukrainian journalist seeks asylum in Lithuania|website=Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group}} In 2012 he was granted asylum in the European Union. He received a permanent residency permit in Lithuania for five years.{{cite news|url=http://www.svoboda.org/archive/radio-svoboda-news/20120609/16564/16564.html?id=24609232|title=Евросоюз предоставил политическое убежище украинскому журналисту Анатолию Шарию|newspaper=Радио Свобода |publisher=Radio Liberty|date=9 June 2012|access-date=13 February 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094155/http://www.svoboda.org/archive/radio-svoboda-news/20120609/16564/16564.html?id=24609232|archive-date=22 December 2015}} After moving to Netherlands, Shariy currently lives in Spain.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-05 |title=Spain briefly detains pro-Russian Ukrainian blogger accused of treason |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-police-detain-pro-russian-ukrainian-blogger-accused-treason-2022-05-05/ |access-date=2022-05-07}}

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 criticized Ukrainian publications related to the events in Ukraine after Euromaidan, as well as the Ukrainian government, usually in a derisive and insulting way.{{Cite web |language=ru |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-youtube-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83/a-39187349 |title=Пять звезд русскоязычного YouTube, которые говорят про политику |author=Ilya Koval |date=2017-10-30 |publisher=Rambler.ru |access-date=2020-05-01}}{{unreliable source?|date=July 2022}}{{notetag|In 2018 Shariy had another high profile conflict with Ukrainian authorities after in a May 2018 series of videos Shariy reported anti-Semitic and other racist posts by Ukrainian consul in Hamburg Vasyl Marushinets (Василь Марушинець) in his Facebook page. Ukrainian officials claimed that they did not know anything about Marushinets views. Shariy proved that this cannot be true, because a number of posts of this type were "liked" by Ukrainian diplomats, and that Marushinets posted his views not only in the privacy of Facebook, but in open forums as well.Anatoly Shariy, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaCuCQ0l6rc&t=810s "Кaк скрывал cвои взгляды консул-шoвиниcт. Рl, Eng, Deutsche, Hebrew subtitles"] The subsequent scandal led to the recall of Marushinets "for disciplinary proceedings",[https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/crime/skandal-z-zhdami-v-mzs-stalo-vidomo-pro-pokarannya-konsula-antisemita.htm "Скандал з ж*дами в МЗС: стало відомо про покарання консула-антисеміта"], obozrevatel.com, 15 May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/3970686-ukrainskoho-konsula-v-hamburzi-vidstoronyly-vid-roboty-mzs|title=Українського консула в Гамбурзі відсторонили від роботи - МЗС|website=ua.korrespondent.net|access-date=25 April 2019}}[https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-44123767 "МЗС відкликало консула, якого звинувачують в антисемітизмі"], BBC, Ukrainian edition and on 30 May 2018 he was dismissed.[https://mfa.gov.ua/ua/press-center/comments/8926-shhodo-konsula-generalynogo-konsulystva-ukrajini-v-gamburzi-marushhincya-vasilya-ivanovicha "Щодо консула Генерального консульства України в Гамбурзі Марущинця Василя Івановича"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602172334/https://mfa.gov.ua/ua/press-center/comments/8926-shhodo-konsula-generalynogo-konsulystva-ukrajini-v-gamburzi-marushhincya-vasilya-ivanovicha |date=2 June 2018 }}, 31 May 2018, press-center of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (retrieved 29 June 2018) In December 2019 he was restored citing violations of the formal procedure and was paid for losses of about $9,000.[https://ukranews.com/publication/2767-proslavivshegosya-neonatsizmom-i-antisemitizmom-marushhintsa-vernuli-v-mid-vyplativ-emu-neustojku-v?fbclid=IwAR0fuRJURlVQ3IJdlMzT9fQambHAaOdv1Yn3B9fZkKygHrk2cVH19f49-Iw "Прославившегося неонацизмом и антисемитизмом Марущинца вернули в МИД, выплатив ему "неустойку" в 218 тысяч"], by Александр Хорольский [Aleksandr Khorolsky] 17 December 2019|group=nb}}

In November 2015, Shariy filed a defamation lawsuit against his paternal sister,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glzpht8WkRI&t=44m55s Ответы Ольги и Анатолия Шарий на вопросы Ч1] Elena Manchenko, demanding that she refute the online claim that he is a "pedophile and a thief."{{cite web|title=Сестра Шария: Анатолий вор и педофил, он может сесть в тюрьму|url=https://www.dialog.ua/news/42578_1424293452|website=Dialog.ua|date=2015-02-18|access-date=2019-03-29}} On 19 January 2016, the court dismissed the claim, stating that according to the Ukrainian legal practise, she is not responsible for public dissemination of her statements by third parties.{{Cite web|url=https://informator.media/archives/140218|title=informator.media | Новости Луганска и Луганской области|website=informator.media}} On 20 March 2019, Anatoly Shariy won the case in the court of the Netherlands against Manchenko. The court found Manchenko guilty and demanded to pay Shariy 75,000 euros in compensation and to publicly refute her accusations against the journalist.{{cite news|title=Манченко выпустила опровержение в адрес Шария и должна ему 75 000 евро|url=https://sharij.net/165150|access-date=2020-02-10|work=sharij.net|date=2019-12-29}}{{YouTube|id=qp-g28pgDOw|title=Елена Манченко опровержение (28 мая 2020 г.)}}

In February 2017 Shariy sued the Internet publication "{{ill|Detector Media|uk|Детектор медіа}}" and its journalist Bohdan Lohvynenko to defend his "honor, dignity and business reputation". This was caused by an article in which Shariy was called "the bullhorn of the Russian world" and "a scandalous Ukrainian pseudo refugee".{{Cite web|url=https://detector.media/infospace/article/126879/2017-06-12-ruka-kremlya-y-rupor-russkogo-myra-za-chto-anatolyy-sharyy-obydelsya-na-statyu-detektora-medya/|title="Рука Кремля" и "рупор русского мира": за что Анатолий Шарий обиделся на статью "Детектора медиа"|first=«Детектор|last=медіа»|date=12 June 2017|website=detector.media}} On 21 June 2017, the Shevchenkivskiy district court of Kyiv dismissed Shariy's complaint.{{Cite news|url=http://detector.media/infospace/article/127161/2017-06-21-sud-vidmoviv-blogeru-shariyu-u-zadovolenni-pozovu-do-detektora-media/|title=Суд відмовив блогеру Шарію у задоволенні позову до «Детектора медіа»|language=uk|work=detector.media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719223005/http://detector.media/infospace/article/127161/2017-06-21-sud-vidmoviv-blogeru-shariyu-u-zadovolenni-pozovu-do-detektora-media/|archive-date=2018-07-19}} Shariy appealed this decision, and on 7 September 2017 the Kyiv court of appeal dismissed his complaint again.{{Cite news|url=http://detector.media/infospace/article/129675/2017-09-07-apelyatsiinii-sud-vidmoviv-blogeru-shariyu-u-zadovolenni-pozovu-do-detektora-media/|title=Апеляційний суд відмовив блогеру Шарію у задоволенні позову до «Детектора медіа»|language=uk|work=detector.media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720091452/http://detector.media/infospace/article/129675/2017-09-07-apelyatsiinii-sud-vidmoviv-blogeru-shariyu-u-zadovolenni-pozovu-do-detektora-media/|archivedate=2018-07-20}}

Also in 2017, Russian lawyer Mark Feygin said that Anatoly Shariy was under investigation in a pedophilia case.{{Cite news|url=https://govoritmoskva.ru/news/128004/|title=Блогер Шарий подал в суд на адвоката Фейгина из-за обвинений в педофилии|access-date=21 March 2019}} Shariy sued him for defamation and won the lawsuit in a Russian court, with Feygin being ordered to refute this allegation, and to pay 66,000 rubles to Shariy to cover his legal fees.{{Cite news|url=http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/4677198|title=Суд в Москве обязал адвоката Фейгина опровергнуть сведения о журналисте Шарии|language=ru|work=TASS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193852/http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/4677198|archive-date=2018-06-23}}

Espreso TV journalist Vitaliy Portnikov characterized Shariy as a "Kremlin project" and "one used by its Russian owners" and Anatoli Shariy filed a lawsuit to refute these words. On 5 April 2018, the Solomyanskiy district court in Kyiv dismissed Shariy's complaint. On 14 November 2018, the Kyiv court of appeal dismissed Shariy's complaint again. On 17 April 2019, the Supreme Court of Ukraine dismissed Shariy's complaint once more.{{Cite web |title="Кремлевский проект": Верховный суд не удовлетворил жалобу Шария |url=https://ru.espreso.tv/news/2020/07/07/quotkremlevskyy_proektquot_verkhovnyy_sud_ne_udovletvoryl_zhalobu_sharyya |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=espreso.tv |language=ru}}{{cite web|url=https://hromadske.ua/posts/verhovnij-sud-dozvoliv-nazivati-anatoliya-shariya-kremlivskim-proyektom-u-yakogo-ye-rosijski-gospodari|title=Верховний суд дозволив називати Анатолія Шарія «кремлівським проєктом», у якого є «російські господарі»|publisher=hromadske.ua|author=Олег Павлюк|date=2020-07-07|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708003004/https://hromadske.ua/posts/verhovnij-sud-dozvoliv-nazivati-anatoliya-shariya-kremlivskim-proyektom-u-yakogo-ye-rosijski-gospodari}}

On 10 January 2019, when asked "why are Ukrainian journalists persecuted, in particular blogger Anatoly Shariy", Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko answered that "Anatoly Shariy is not a Ukrainian journalist, because he works for Russia". Shariy sued Poroshenko to defend his "honor, dignity and business reputation". On 13 May 2020, the Pechersk district court in Kyiv ordered Poroshenko to publicly refute his comments and pay 1,536 hryvnias to Shariy as compensation for his legal fees. However, on 28 October 2020, the Kyiv appellate court rescinded the Pechersk district court's decision.{{Cite web|title=Порошенко виграв апеляцію у справі проти Шарія: п'ятий президент заявляв, що той не є українським журналістом|url=https://hromadske.ua/posts/poroshenko-vigrav-apelyaciyu-u-spravi-proti-shariya-eksprezident-zayavlyav-sho-vin-ne-ye-ukrayinskim-zhurnalistom|website=hromadske.ua|language=uk|last=Сітнікова|first=Ірина|date=30 October 2020|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203102248/https://hromadske.ua/posts/poroshenko-vigrav-apelyaciyu-u-spravi-proti-shariya-eksprezident-zayavlyav-sho-vin-ne-ye-ukrayinskim-zhurnalistom}}{{Cite web|title=Апеляційний суд скасував рішення на користь Шарія за позовом до Порошенка|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/10/29/7271674/|website=Ukrainska Pravda|language=uk|date=29 October 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127082046/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/10/29/7271674/}}{{Cite web|title=Порошенко виграв апеляцію у справі проти Шарія щодо захисту честі та гідності|url=https://bykvu.com/ua/bukvy/poroshenko-vigrav-apeljaciju-u-spravi-proti-sharija-shhodo-zahistu-chesti-ta-gidnosti/|website=Bukvy|date=30 October 2020|language=uk|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205170219/https://bykvu.com/ua/bukvy/poroshenko-vigrav-apeljaciju-u-spravi-proti-sharija-shhodo-zahistu-chesti-ta-gidnosti/}}

In February 2021, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) accused Shariy of committing crimes under Part 1. Article 111 "High treason" and Part 1. Art. 161 "Violation of the equality of citizens depending on their race, nationality, religious beliefs, disability and other grounds" and published a video with alleged evidence against Shariy, including his statement about the inhabitants of Western Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2021/02/16/7283638/|title=СБУ официально объявила Шарию подозрение в госизмене|website=pravda.com.ua|access-date=16 February 2021}} In 2014, Shariy had posted a private video with insulting statements about Western Ukrainians.{{Cite web|url=https://24tv.ua/ru/anatolij_sharij_biografija_kandidata_partija_kto_takoj_sharij_n1174287|title=Кто такой Анатолий Шарий: биография скандального видеоблоггера|website=24tv.ua|date=3 July 2019 |access-date=30 July 2020}} In the video, he described them as "not Ukrainians", but "half-breeds, one-third-breeds, quarter-breeds".{{notetag|In this video Shariy stated: {{Cquote|An unpleasant information came to me that in Kyiv, the inhabitants of Western Ukraine suddenly began to tell the people of Kyiv how they should behave, how they have to love Ukraine, how they need to sing the anthem, walk with the flag. I have several friends from Western Ukraine, I respect these people, I am proud of friendship with them, these are quite sane people. [...]

You... I am Ukrainian, and you are not Ukrainians. [...] You are just half-breeds, one-third-breeds, quarter-breeds. You are half fucking Poles, you are half Hungarians, you are half the heck knows what you are. Do not tell the people of Kyiv how they should behave, how they have to love the country, love their flag. Because it is not your flag. You have no flag. You are not Ukrainians.}}|group=nb}}

In May 2021, it was reported that Lithuania revoked its political asylum for Shariy, and some media published reports that Shariy was a persona non grata. Shariy himself refuted this and claimed this was false information based on the words of Mark Feygin.{{Cite web |date=4 August 2021 |title=Фейк про "нон грата" Шария: Фейгин заявил, что ему не хватило символов для правильного изложения новости |url=https://sharij.net/fejk-pro-non-grata-shariya-fejgin-zayavil-chto-emu-ne-hvatilo-simvolov-dlya-pravilnogo-izlozheniya-novosti|access-date=4 August 2021 |website=sharij.net|language=ru}}

On 22 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine suspended the Party of Shariy because of its alleged ties with Russia. On 16 June 2022, the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal banned the party. The decision was open to appeal at the Supreme Court of Ukraine.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/16/7352882/ Court bans Sharia Party], Ukrayinska Pravda (16 June 2022) On 6 September 2022, the Supreme Court rejected this appeal and thus finally banned the Party of Shariy.

On 4 May 2022, Spanish authorities detained Shariy at the request of the SBU, accusing him of treason. On the same day, Shariy was released with precautionary measures according to his lawyer, Gonzalo Boye.

On 4 October 2022, a judge of the National High Court, Santiago Pedraz, concluded that Shariy was no longer living in Spain. Pedraz details this in a ruling where of an appeal filed by the defense against consideration of the reporter's extradition to Ukraine because he allegedly left Catalonia for Italy. That was the version of the escape, which the Ukrainian special services sent to the investigator, but which was always refuted by his lawyer Gonzalo Boye. According to the ruling by Pedraz, the documentation provided by the defense shows that Shariy is "in Spain", but, in addition to accepting these defense arguments, Pedraz made another decision in favor of Shariy. On 5 October 2022, Pedraz agreed to close consideration of the extradition because Ukraine had not presented the demand for Shariy's surrender{{clarify|date=January 2023}}, nor the "relevant documentation".

In March 2024, Shariy alleged that he was the target of an assassination attempt by the SBU, although the Spanish Civil Guard told TASS that they did not have information on the incident.{{cite news |title=Ukrainian blogger living in Spain says he was targeted in assassination attempt |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/03/06/ukrainian-blogger-living-in-spain-says-he-was-targeted-in-assassination-attempt |work=Meduza |date=6 March 2024 |language=en}}

Shariy referred to the War in Donbas up until 2022, as an "internal conflict" and "civil war", denying the presence of Russian troops in the Donbas and saying that only Russian equipment was present.[https://ms.detector.media/manipulyatsii/post/23299/2019-08-07-khto-takii-sharii-vid-ukrainskogo-zhurnalista-do-populyarnogo-blogera-ta-prorosiiskogo-politika/ "Хто такий Шарій? Від українського журналіста до популярного блогера та проросійського політика"], Detector Media He considers the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk areas to be the territories of Ukraine.{{Cite web |url=http://rus.delfi.ee/projects/opinion/ukrainskij-zhurnalist-bezhenec-nevernoe-osveschenie-sobytij-na-ukraine-ugrozhaet-vsem?id=70990967 |title=Украинский журналист-беженец: неверное освещение событий на Украине угрожает всем |author=Захаров А. |date=2015-03-12 |publisher=rus.DELFI.ee |access-date=2015-03-13}} Shariy supports the Kremlin assertion that Ukraine is a "western colony" dominated with anti-Russian "neo-Nazis", which has been used by Russia to justify its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shariy accused Zelensky and the Ukrainian media of manipulating public opinion in the west.

In the early 2000s Anatoly Shariy belonged to the Organizing Committee of the movement "Love Against Homosexuality". Shariy described homosexuals as sick and advocated criminal liability for homosexual propaganda.{{Cite web |url=https://ge.boell.org/sites/default/files/final_publication_-eng_gender_1.pdf|title=Manifold Angels of Gender |website=www.ge.boell.org|access-date=2019-10-05}}, Heinrich Böll Foundation.{{rp|42–43}}{{Cite web|url=http://love-contra.org/index.php/expert/issue/188/|title="Любовь против гомосексуализма" на Интере (видео)|website=love-contra.org|access-date=2020-09-08}}

In a 2010 article, "Blue Rust. Dictatorship of Sodomites"{{notetag|The expression "blue rust" refers to the Russian slang term "blue" (goluboy) for gay persons}} Shariy expressed an opinion that due to death sentences for same-sex and adultery relationships in Iran after the Islamic revolution the situation with prostitution, pedophilia, and rape in Iran was much better than in Ukraine.{{rp|46–47, 57}}Anatoly Shariy, [http://prochurch.info/index.php/more/16607 "Голубая ржавчина. Диктатура содомитов"] ["Blue Rust. Dictatorship of Sodomites"], Новости Христианского Мира, [Christian World News], 28 April 2010 In the summer of 2020, journalist Sergei Ivanov posted screenshots of Anatoly Shariy's publications from 2010 in which he showed understanding for the extermination of homosexuals and Romani in gas chambers during the Third Reich.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/styler/shariya-podozrevayut-gosizmene-izvesten-skandalnyy-1613488177.html|title=Шария подозревают в госизмене: чем известен скандальный блогер|website=РБК|access-date=7 March 2021|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303064934/https://www.rbc.ua/rus/styler/shariya-podozrevayut-gosizmene-izvesten-skandalnyy-1613488177.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://politiko.ua/blogpost17024 |title=А если гомосексуалистов кастрировать? |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223060741/https://politiko.ua/blogpost17024 |url-status=live }}

Deutsche Welle states that Shariy justified the arrests of participants of the 2017–2018 Russian protests by saying that Russian authorities should not wait until the first molotov cocktails appear.{{Cite news |title=Пять звезд русскоязычного YouTube, которые говорят про политику |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-youtube-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83/a-39187349 |access-date=1 November 2019}} In 2015 Shariy announced a reward of 1,000 Euro to anybody who demonstrates a piece of pro-Russian or anti-Ukrainian propaganda in his posts.{{cite tweet|number=682266610195894272|user=anatoliisharii|title=Я так понимаю, что 1000 евро, обещанные мною, переходят в Новый Год. Стадо не сподобилось ничего найти антиукраинского и пророссийского))|date=30 December 2015}} During the 2019 Parliamentary Elections he increased the bounty to 5,000 Euro.[https://www.kaitsen.ee/news/12-pravdy-12-pravdy-lozh "1/2 ПРАВДЫ + 1/2 ПРАВДЫ = ЛОЖЬ"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126122612/https://kaitsen.ee/news/12-pravdy-12-pravdy-lozh |date=26 January 2022 }} ["1/2 Truth + 1/2 Truth" = Falsehood], by Yuri Melnik (Юрий Мельник, Кафедра зарубежной печати и информации, Львовский национальный университет имени Ивана Франко) 30 July 2019 (retrieved 15 November 2019)

The New Voice of Ukraine described Shariy as "a blogger-turned-propagandist", whose main activities are "discrediting Ukrainian state policy, deliberately spreading misinformation about Russia’s eight-year-long war against Ukraine in the Donbas, attempting to disrupt political and social stability in Ukraine, inciting internal conflicts on ethnic and religious grounds", noting how Shariy often features on TV stations owned by pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, such as NewsOne, 112 Ukraine and ZIK TV. The outlet also underlined how Shariy often propagated pro-Russian fake news and extremely hateful rhetoric against people living in Western Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title=How Anatoly Shariy became such an odious, influential Ukrainian figure |url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-pro-russian-blogger-arrested-in-spain-50239731.html |access-date= |website=The New Voice of Ukraine |language=en}} Shariy denied having any connection to Russia.{{Cite web |last=Carrión |first=Francisco |date=2022-05-10 |title=El "fugitivo" ucraniano que se refugió en la costa catalana: "Putin sabe que se ha equivocado pero ya no puede parar" |url=https://www.elindependiente.com/internacional/2022/05/11/el-fugitivo-ucraniano-que-se-refugio-en-la-costa-catalana-putin-sabe-que-se-ha-equivocado-pero-ya-no-puede-parar/#google_vignette |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=El Independiente |language=es}}

In November 2017, in a Novoye Vremya magazine rating of the personalities by number of readers in the Ukrainian segments of Facebook and Twitter, Shariy got the 12th place with the aggregate audience of 511,000 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.unian.net/society/2246389-reyting-ukrainskih-liderov-mneniy-v-sotssetyah-vakarchuk-obognal-poroshenko.html|title=Рейтинг украинских лидеров мнений в соцсетях: Вакарчук обогнал Порошенко|access-date=8 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://itc.ua/blogs/reyting-samyih-avtoritetnyih-lichnostey-v-ukrainskom-segmente-facebook-i-twitter/|title=Рейтинг самых авторитетных личностей в украинском сегменте Facebook и Twitter - ITC.ua|date=17 November 2017|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003532/https://itc.ua/blogs/reyting-samyih-avtoritetnyih-lichnostey-v-ukrainskom-segmente-facebook-i-twitter/|url-status=dead}} In the same month he was number 3 of the top most popular Ukrainian political bloggers on Facebook according to the rating of Espreso TV.{{Cite web|title=Анатомія українського Facebook. Боти політиків, рейтинги, перемога на виборах|url=https://espreso.tv/article/2017/12/13/reytyng_ukrayinskogo_facebook?|access-date=2020-09-01|website=ru.espreso.tv}}

In 2019 Shariy was 34th in the list of Top-100 most influential people and phenomena in Ukraine compiled by media holding {{ill|Vesti (Ukrainian newspaper)|lt=Vesti|uk|Вести (газета)}}.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-20|title=Самые влиятельные люди Украины - рейтинг ТОП-100|url=https://vesti.ua/politika/360553-top-100-samykh-vlijatelnykh-v-ukraine-ljudej-i-javlenij|access-date=2020-08-28|website=ВЕСТИ|language=ru}}

The company Brand Analytics regularly publishes its ratings of Russophone YouTube-bloggers. In its ratings February 2019, in terms of viewer engagement rate (defined by the company as the sum of likes and comments), Shariy's vlog held the 1st place, collecting about 3 million likes and 430,000 comments. In terms of audience, with 1.8 million subscribers he was on the 38th place. The company noticed that political topics usually attracts a small fraction of YouTube viewers.{{cite web|url=https://br-analytics.ru/blog/top-20-youtube-blogerov/|title="Топ-20 русскоязычных youtube-блогеров", февраль 2019. Немного политики и много летсплееров и челленджеров|last=BA|website=br-analytics.ru|access-date=25 April 2019}} In its June 2020 ranking - Top 20 Russian-speaking YouTube bloggers in terms of involvement, Anatoly Shariy was the 3rd with 4.4 million people involved.{{Cite web|last=Analytics|first=Brand|date=2020-07-13|title=Топ-20 русскоязычных YouTube-блогеров, июнь 2020. Тотальный лестплей, но челленджеры не сдаются — Соцсети на vc.ru|url=https://vc.ru/social/141738-top-20-russkoyazychnyh-youtube-blogerov-iyun-2020-totalnyy-lestpley-no-chellendzhery-ne-sdayutsya|access-date=2020-09-01|website=vc.ru}}

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