Ukrainian journalist, independent expert and video blogger Anatoly Anatolyevich Shariy, one of the first authors of publications on organized crime in 2008-2011 in Ukraine. In 2014, Anatoly Anatolyevich released his first video, which to date has collected more than 12,000,000 views. Shariy is one of the most discussed video bloggers of our time, and also a political refugee of the European Union.

Investigations into anything and everything - from the theft of budget funds to bribes and abuse of official position. In his videos, the viewer can see the exposure of Russian and Ukrainian funds mass media, coverage of events on the territory of Ukraine, in particular the DPR and LPR.

As of October 2016, Shariya's channel ranks 577 in the YouTube rankings. The channel has over a billion views and about a million subscribers. Anatoly Anatolyevich’s channel gathered Ukrainian, Russian and European viewers.

Anatoly Anatolyevich Shariy: full biography, age and height

Anatoly Anatolyevich was born on August 20, 1978 in the city of Kyiv. After receiving secondary education, Shariy entered the Kiev Tank Engineering School at the faculty of regimental intelligence. At university, he often wrote articles for local newspapers. I have always been distinguished by unconventional thinking and the ability to clearly express my opinion.

Shariy began to engage in journalism in 2005. Shariy's early works can be found in women's magazines "Natalie", "Liza" and "The Only One". More mature and conscious works can be noted in the Segodnya newspaper; it was then that Anatoly first touched upon political topics, making Ukrainian politicians shudder.

Since 2008, Shariy has been on the run. He was declared a refugee and was wanted by Interpol. Since 2009, Anatoly Anatolyevich has worked only with online publishers. It is worth noting that in Ukraine two criminal cases have been opened against Shariy: hooliganism (in connection with the shooting at McDonald’s) and staging an attempt on his own life (October 2011).

Externally, Anatoly is of average height (185), has dark brown hair and gray eyes. Shariy loves stylish and high-quality clothes, and skillfully demonstrates this in his videos. Polo, D&G, Lacoste are my favorite clothing brands. Divorced in 2012, has a daughter. Officially free.

Today Anatoly is a famous person. His opinion is listened to. He was invited by the central Russian television channel as the host of a talk show, together with V. Solovyov. But since the video blog occupies the main place in Shariy’s activities, the authors of the talk show were refused.

Links to VKontakte, Instagram and YouTube

Modern video bloggers conquer not only the heights of YouTube. Social networks will help you get to know Anatoly Shariy better, including:

• YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperSharij/featured
• VK – https://vk.com/id26867380
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/anatolijsharij/

The most popular video of the channel Anatoly Shariy – Trailer

Anatoly Shariy’s most popular video is “Trailer”. The video lasts only 22 seconds, but thanks to it you can fully get to know the author of the channel. “Greetings, I am a Ukrainian journalist, my name is Anatoly Shariy. I was shot, I was caught, Interpol arrested me, I am wanted. I am the only journalist who has received refugee status in the European Union. On this channel you will hear my opinion on certain issues, and also hear what is not covered in the media.”

Since 2014, Anatoly Shariy has been actively criticizing the events in Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity, as well as the Ukrainian government. He escaped from Ukraine after a criminal case was opened against him for the shooting at the capital's McDonald's. For the last few years he has been living in Europe, which also did not prevent the Central Election Commission from registering him as a candidate for people's deputy. In April 2019, the court canceled the arrest and search for Shariy.

His video blog and personal website are monetized, that is, they generate income from views. He focuses the attention of his colleagues and readers on the fact that he is a “Ukrainian” journalist.

Biography

Born on August 20, 1978 in Kyiv. Higher education. Former Observer journalist.

He says that he studied at the Kiev Higher Tank Engineering School (regimental intelligence department). There is a problem with the Kyiv Higher Tank Engineering School. People enter the school after school at the age of 17-18, i.e. if he was born on August 20, 1978, then he should have enrolled in 1995 and later... And this means that he should have graduated from the Kiev Institute of Ground Forces.

In 2005 he entered journalism - “He never talks about what he did before he entered journalism at the beginning of 2005.

Operating since 2005:

In glossy publications in Ukraine “Natalie”, “The One and Only”, “Polina”; in the Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya.

In Russia, he collaborated with the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets and others.

2006 - during the period of Shariy’s work in women’s glossy magazines, his article “Why is the child sleeping,” written in December 2006, in which Shariy raises the issue of the use of children by professional beggars in Kyiv. The article becomes a long-term hit on the Runet.

From 2008 to the beginning of 2012 (when Shariy fled Ukraine) he was the head of the “Investigations” department of the Obozrevatel website.

Family

As of March 2012, Sharia’s wife worked in Kyiv as deputy editor-in-chief “in a well-known women’s publication.” They have a daughter. In May 2012, the couple divorced.

On November 19, 2013, on the Mediananny website, which publishes details of the personal lives of Ukrainian journalists, there was a message that Shariy lives in the Netherlands and was getting married - he became engaged to journalist Olga Bondarenko

Personal matter

A journalist whose undoubted strong point is investigations. Investigations into anything and everything - from schemes for theft of budget funds to bribery of passport officers. Anatoly’s past is covered in a dense veil of secrecy, and information about what Shariy did before joining journalism appears only from time to time in the form of excerpts from articles in domestic publications many years ago with contradictory content.

It is known for certain that Anatoly, a native of Kiev, was a cadet at a tank school with a specialization in “regimental intelligence,” but upon completion of his studies he disappeared from the sight of both the military registration and enlistment office and many close acquaintances. He appeared years later as a regular author of articles on psychological topics for the Natalie magazine. He also worked closely with the publications “Edinnaya”, “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, and with Moscow glossy magazines, but at the peak of his fee success, he plunged headlong into the Internet, and retrained from a relationship psychologist into a tough oppositionist of the then “orange government”. Today, according to Shariy himself, he “kills everyone, indiscriminately,” and receives “almost sexual pleasure” from negative comments.

Anatoly was invited to the publication by the breeders of the Observer, which, according to him, he never regretted.

Conflicts with the Ministry of Internal Affairs

• On May 1, 2011, Anatoly Shariy shot twice at a visitor to a McDonald's diner in Kyiv. According to Shariy, while he was having dinner with his wife, an unknown person approached him and began to insult him. When the journalist asked him to calm down, he suggested going out to “sort it out.” On the street, Shariy shot him twice with a traumatic pistol, hitting him in the leg and stomach. Shariy, who called the police himself, was detained and the pistol was confiscated.

According to another version (including activists public organization"Road control", the initiator of the collision was Shariy himself, who shot a McDonald's visitor in the back. At the same time, attention is focused on the discrepancy between the description of events and the video from the surveillance camera.

On Journalist Day of Ukraine (June 6), Shariy was awarded by Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vasily Farinnik “For professionalism and objectivity in covering the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”

On June 16, Shariy’s colleague, journalist Alexander Chalenko, Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs Konstantin Stogniy, informed that the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyiv, General Krikun, was personally tasked by Minister Mogilev to “resolve the issue with Shariy” in order to prevent the writing of further negative materials about the UBNON Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On June 20, Shariy gave a press conference in Obozrevatel and stated that “the case of the shooting at McDonald’s” is pressure from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and UBNON; He also said that he lived openly and did not change his mobile phone. US newspaper " Jewish world" posted an article claiming that the name of the unknown person who provoked the conflict in the diner appears on the lists of freelance agents of the Kyiv police.

On June 21, a criminal case was opened against Shariy under Article 296 Part 4. criminal code. Police officers appeared at the Observer and, while video cameras were recording, handed Shari a summons. Investigators from the Shevchenko SO TUM-3 investigated the case in 4 working days.

During the trial in case No. 10-26059 on the shooting at McDonald's, prosecution witnesses stated that before testifying in the Shevchenkovsky District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyiv, they were familiarized with video recordings from surveillance cameras. The judge of the Shevchenkovsky Court of the city of Kyiv refused all requests to summon witnesses in the case who could cast doubt on the indictment, to request a video from the McDonald's hall, to request a layout of tables, and so on. Observers from the “representative office of the European Commission in Kyiv” promised to attend the trial.

• In the spring of 2011, Shariy began writing on topics of the fight against organized crime; exclusive information on drug trafficking and illegal gambling became available to him. Shariy took part in such operations as “closing an underground casino.”

• In 2011, together with journalists from the 1+1 channel, he conducted a series of investigations dedicated to the protection of the drug trade in Ukraine by the UBNON Ministry of Internal Affairs (Department for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking). The investigations resulted in the dismissal of a number of high-ranking officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the closure of three drug outlets in Kyiv.

On June 7, part one of the article “Does OBNON spit in the minister’s face?” was published, which became the starting point of the confrontation between Shariy and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Investigation of the “Aloyanov case”

On June 29, 2011, Shariy publishes the first part of the investigation into the murder of the owner of the 4room supermarket, in which he accuses the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, represented by the minister and his deputy Vasily Farinnik, of receiving a bribe of $1,500,000.

On June 29, 2011, Shariy released an operational video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in which Artur Aloyan, a representative of the well-known Aloyan clan in Ukraine, ordered the murder of a Kyiv businessman. Also in the material, Shariy claimed that Russian citizen Merab Suslov, who was brought to justice for the murder of businessman Shabab Aloyan in 2009, is innocent. Shariy accused the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, represented by the Minister of Internal Affairs Mogilev and his deputy, Major General Vasily Farinnik, of releasing Artur Aloyan as a result of the Ministry of Internal Affairs receiving a bribe in the amount of $1,500,000.

On September 21, 2011, Shariy published the material “The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the Yazidis. Millions in blood. Part 1”, in which he again accused the top of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the fact that Merab Suslov, accused of murdering the owner of “4room”, was in detention illegally. On the same day, case No. 09-22896 about the attempt on Shariy’s life is closed, and a criminal case is initiated against the journalist himself under Article 383 Part 2 of the Criminal Code (for “staging an attempt”).

Assassination

On July 12, 2011, at 3:30 a.m., a few hours after the incident in the underground casino, when Shariy and the film crew of the 1+1 channel were locked in the premises by escaped workers, a shot was fired at Shariy’s car on Radchenko Street. As a result, the windshield and rear window of the car were shot through, the interior lining of the car was damaged by shotgun pellets, but the journalist was not injured. Employees of the Solomensky District Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv, journalists from the 1+1 channel, representatives of the prosecutor’s office and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived at the scene of the incident. An operational investigation team with a dog handler arrived at the scene and spent several hours unsuccessfully searching for traces of the criminals and weapons. Journalists from the 1+1 channel were on site and filmed the search for weapons. As soon as the journalists and Shariy went to the police department, the police found a sawn-off shotgun. Shariy refused to write a statement and admit that he was a victim. On the same day, an investigator from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv took away the keys to a car from the journalist, which was blocked in the parking lot of the Solomensky District Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. Criminal case No. 09-22896 was opened into the assassination attempt on the journalist. The head of the press service of the Kyiv police, Vladimir Polishchuk, put forward a version according to which Shariy “only wanted to scare him,” since the shooting began when he had already jumped out of the car.

On July 14, 2011, the case of the assassination attempt was taken under the personal control of the President of Ukraine Yanukovych, Deputy Prosecutor General Kuzmin and Minister of Internal Affairs Mogilev. Shariy's interrogations lasted 6-10 hours; on July 15, fingerprints and DNA samples were taken from him.

On July 19, a search was conducted in the apartment of Shariy’s mother and his wife’s apartment. Investigators are seizing memory cards and SIM cards of mobile phones. The front door was surrounded by police, who did not allow either lawyers or Shariy’s colleagues from the 1+1 channel to enter the search site.

Two days later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent out another release to the media, in which it said that on December 20, Shariy’s case was transferred to court.

Version of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the staging

On October 5, 2011, the Public Relations Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the city of Kyiv sent out a press release to the media entitled “The attempted murder turned out to be a staged act.” The release alleged that Shariy staged the assassination attempt. On October 6, Shariy was supposed to attend a round table on freedom of speech, with the participation of President Yanukovych. However, Shariy's invitation was canceled. The Ministry of Internal Affairs claimed that his fingerprint was found on the cartridge that remained in the barrel of the gun from which the shot was fired at Shariy’s car. At the same time, he cannot provide this evidence, since after the imprint was transferred to tape for sending to the Research Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the imprint on the cartridge was destroyed. On October 27, Shariy published an open letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs Mogilev, in which he directly accused him of pressure.

Criminal prosecution

In Ukraine, two criminal cases have been initiated against Anatoly Shariy:

On June 29, 2011, Shariy was handed a resolution to initiate a criminal case against him under Article 296 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - for the shooting on May 1 at a McDonald's fast food, when Anatoly Shariy twice shot rubber bullets at an unknown person who allegedly attacked his wife.

In October 2011, under Part 2 of Article 383 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (knowingly false report of a crime with the artificial creation of evidence of the accusation) due to the shelling of Shariy’s car on July 13 (the journalist was accused of staging an attempt on himself).

As of late 2013, both cases were at the trial stage. In the annual report of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch for 2011, the attack on Shariy was mentioned as one of the confirmations of the worsening situation for journalists in Ukraine.

Detentions by Yushchenko's guards

On January 12, 2011, Observer journalists Anatoly Shariy and Alexander Chalenko were detained by the security of ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.

Titles, ranks, regalia

He has the Cross of Distinction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the nature of which, like many other details of Shariy’s life, is unknown...

A major scandal erupted in the Ukrainian information space. On Channel 5, which belongs to the president of the country, the presenters published personal data and compromising information about opposition blogger Anatoly Shariy, who moved to Europe a long time ago. Later it turned out that Shariy himself played a prank on the journalists by slipping them a fake. As a result, the Minister of Information of Ukraine resigned. understood the details of what happened.

The investigation is underway

Anatoly Shariy is a well-known blogger who ridicules and criticizes the Ukrainian media for inciting hatred, spreading fake news and incompetence. on his YouTube channel More than a million people have signed up. Each video collects several hundred thousand views - many times more than stories on Ukrainian television. Ukrainian authorities They have been trying to oppose something to the journalist for a long time. From time to time, dubious incriminating evidence is published in the media; the blogger’s channel was blocked due to numerous complaints. However, the more stereotyped the Ukrainian information space becomes, the more popular Shariy gains. The largest one took on the task of discrediting him, but it didn’t turn out very well either...

Presenter Roman Chaika and his colleague Bogdan Butkevich, invited from the Espresso TV channel, decided to expose the blogger. The latter is known for called for shoot the members of the “Immortal Regiment” and destroy 1.5 million residents of Donbass. Journalists paid attention to Shariy broadcast of the program“For Tea.com” May 29. Chaika and Butkevich explained that a certain Facebook user provided them with exclusive information. In particular, there were allegations that Shariy received fees for “Kremlin propaganda.” The presenters showed “secret street filming” and a “receipt” for 16 thousand dollars. In addition, Shariy’s place of residence was “revealed.” They reported that he lived in the Polish city of Gdynia, indicated the exact address and telephone number, and found the building on the map. “Call, call, send letters of happiness, wish him health,” Butkevich urged, although the disclosure of personal data is a violation of the Law “On Information” of Ukraine. The presenters were not embarrassed by this; they demanded that the SBU and even the Foreign Intelligence Service get involved in order to punish the blogger.

In addition, the presenters stated that Shariy works in a certain Gremi-personal office, which is engaged in fake employment of Ukrainians. According to the presenters, some clients of the office are being “thrown away for money.” As evidence, footage was shown of a man resembling Shariy waiting for someone at the entrance to this organization.

Frame: Channel 5 / YouTube

Hello Poroshenko

Chaika and Butkevich did not hide their joy at the loud revelation, but the rosy mood quickly passed. All the information announced turned out to be fake, as stated in my blog told Shariy himself. In particular, he laid out full version filming at the supposed office of a Polish company. There he says hello to Poroshenko and calls him a representative of sexual minorities. In addition, Shariy demonstrates how he personally draws up the very “receipt” that was shown on Channel 5. The journalists did not even notice the inconsistencies in the total amount of the “barn book”. Interestingly, all this information was transmitted to Roman Chaika via Facebook by reader Shariy, user. He showed how he had been corresponding with Chaika since December 2016, sending him photographs. He, in turn, didn’t even bother to check them and believed every word of the unknown user. Although Shevchenko’s page contains links to Shariy’s website and other opposition resources.

“Imagine if this happened in France. The president has his own channel, and on its air two offended journalists publish the personal information of a blogger, whose crime is only that he criticizes this very government, the same president, and dared to criticize the channel and, in particular, these two offended . Can you imagine what will happen in France? Because France is a civilized state, but what we are dealing with is an uncivilized state, absolutely limitless, laws don’t work there, nothing works there at all,” Shariy summed up.

Frame: Channel 5 / YouTube

IN next issue In his program, Chaika called himself a victim of a special information operation. He told how he received information about the blogger, and noted that he was still tormented by doubts: “On the one hand, the snake is sharpening - what if it’s Sharia’s man and a scammer. On the other hand, there is suspicion of committing serious criminal offenses.” “In the end, I decided to go public and then hear the answer,” the presenter justified himself.

But the consequences could no longer be stopped. On May 31, the Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine, curator of Channel 5, Yuriy Stets, resigned. He himself indicated his health status as the reason. “There are no political or other motives,” said department secretary Artem Bidenko. However, the Glavnovosti portal, citing its own sources, reported that the scandal caused a sharp reaction in the administration of Petro Poroshenko and it was because of this that Stets resigned.

“I’m sick of their nonsense”

Anatoly Shariy told Lenta.ru how the special operation against Channel 5 was prepared and what he thinks about Ukrainian journalism in general.

Lenta.ru: Anatoly, was it important for you to check the professionalism of Channel 5 journalists?

Shariy: On the one hand, this is Poroshenko’s personal channel; he himself has spoken about this more than once. On the other hand, this channel constantly spreads fake news. They fell through the cracks a long time ago, I constantly pointed out lies on their broadcasts, but they didn’t even remove it from their website. I'm fed up with their nonsense and insanity, their lack of professionalism. So I decided to show them their level.

Do you connect the dismissal of Yuri Stets with this scandal?

Knowing Poroshenko’s hysteria, I can imagine what kind of scandal he caused in his administration, how Stetsya scolded him. They talk about health problems. I think that after Poroshenko’s hysterics, these problems became such that there was no other way out but resignation.

How do you generally assess the work of Ukrainian journalists?

This cannot be called journalism. This is a lie, propaganda, zombieing of people. Anything but journalism. Any dissenters, any alternative opinion is denied, labeled as a “Kremlin agent”, “agent”. Ukrainian journalism has sunk to the bottom; it simply doesn’t exist. There are some people who treat their business conscientiously, but in general it looks unprofessional and unscrupulous. People earn their money and don’t even think about what they are getting into.

International organizations talk about improving the situation with freedom of speech in Ukraine. For example, in April the Reporters Without Borders ranking was published, where the country rose five places. What is this connected with?

International organizations are as far from Ukraine as the Decembrists are from the people. They notice only what they want to notice and do not see what they do not want to see. In reality, Ukrainian prisons are filled with those who made some incorrect repost on social networks. The media are afraid and do not themselves talk about oppression. A typical situation is when some more or less independent channel begins to sound the alarm, talks about pressure, and after a couple of weeks it already broadcasts exclusively distilled news about the successes of the authorities.

Journalists have been dealt with more than once in Ukraine. The Channel 5 story that caused a scandal contained calls for the SBU to deal with you. Aren't you scared?

I am under the protection of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), I can also contact the intelligence services of European countries. At the end of the day, I can take care of myself. This is not the first time my personal data has appeared in the public space, I have received threats, but I see no reason to be afraid. They're just bastards, it's a shame to be afraid of them. Besides, in Europe you still can’t just come to a person and start performing something. Here they will be put in the same cell with the Arabs for life, everyone understands this.

Anatoly Shariy is a Ukrainian journalist and video blogger who gained popularity thanks to articles and videos of a political and social orientation. The opinion of this person is of interest to the public primarily because Anatoly first conducts a serious journalistic investigation on this topic.

In 2008-2011, Anatoly Shariy published a series of publications about organized crime in Ukraine. The articles resulted in a number of lawsuits, threats to the journalist’s life and even assassinations, after which Anatoly requested political refugee from the European Union and received approval.

Despite the fact that the journalist wrote revealing articles, which, among other things, exposed the shortcomings of Ukrainian politicians and officials, Anatoly Shariy was dissatisfied with the coup and change of power in his native country.

Today, the journalist publishes articles in his own online publication Shariy.net and maintains a video blog, which is aimed at systematically criticizing materials in the Ukrainian media about events in Ukraine after Euromaidan and the current Ukrainian government.

Childhood and youth

Anatoly was born and raised in Kyiv. At school, the boy was not too interested in the issues for which he later became famous.

In addition to Tolik, the family raised sister Elena. Today the girl calls her brother a swindler and a thief.

The young man, having received a matriculation certificate, decided to become a military man and entered the Kiev Higher Tank Engineering School, graduating there from the department of regimental intelligence.

True, he did not serve in military service for long. In the early 2000s, he developed gambling addiction, which caused him to young man serious difficulties arose. Having gotten rid of the excitement associated with games, Shariy plunged into journalism.

The creative biography of the future blogger did not begin with politics and investigations, which later became business card Sharia. The journalist's first articles were published in women's glossy publications. Since 2005, the man has collaborated with the Ukrainian publications “Natalie”, “Edinnaya”, “Polina”, “Segodnya” and with the Russian “Moskovsky Komsomolets”.

The young man wrote the highly social articles “Why does a child sleep”, in which the journalist raises the topic of the use of children by beggars and beggars, and “A public orphanage” about the molestation of minors. He also investigated the killings of stray animals, analyzed organized crime, investigated drug trafficking and the illegal gaming business in Ukraine, as a result of which some high-ranking officials lost their positions.

Career

Anatoly Shariy began posting his opinions in video format on YouTube in the spring of 2013. But the channel gained wide popularity during the Ukrainian events in the winter of 2013-2014. The journalist covered the events in his characteristic manner as an exposer of falsifications.

During the year, videos were periodically removed from the video hosting site, and the channel was closed three times due to alleged copyright violations. Shariy managed to prove the legitimacy of his actions, and now the man’s opinion is freely available, and his permanent audience has millions of subscribers.

As of May 2016, Anatoly’s channel on YouTube is in 558th place in terms of views, which is a more than decent result for independent political news.

In 2016, Anatoly Shariy stated that the singer representing Ukraine at Eurovision violated the rules of the competition. The video blogger found a recording made in May 2015, where the singer performs the competition song “1944”, while the terms of the competition prohibit the performance of compositions by performers until September 1, 2015. According to the journalist, the leader of Ukraine provoked Anatoly to check the competition song.

In 2016, Anatoly Shariy and an employee of the Shariy.net journalist project Irina Lashkevich received diplomas from the International Literary and Media Prize in the category “Bloggers and Internet Publications.”

Personal life

The professional activities of Anatoly Shariy left their mark on the private life of the young man. The man faced harassment and assault several times, including shooting. Today the journalist lives in the Dutch city of The Hague, where he went in transit through Lithuania and asked for political asylum. The video blogger’s request was granted, so Anatoly remained in the European Union as a refugee. By the way, Shariy is the first Ukrainian journalist who received refugee status in EU countries for recent years.

Even when the man lived in Kyiv, he was married to Olga Rabulets. In this marriage, the couple had a daughter in 2011, who was named Ekaterina. His wife, Anatoly, worked as deputy editor-in-chief of one of the glossy print publications for women. In the spring of 2012, Shariy divorced his wife.

Since November 2013, the man has been in a relationship with his journalistic colleague Olga Bondarenko, who works with him on the same project. Anatoly Shariy and Olga live together in the Netherlands.

In 2017, the couple changed their status, officially becoming husband and wife. Olga took her husband's surname. The girl is also involved in blogging. Following the example of her wife, Olga started her own blog on YouTube.

Thousands of subscribers on social networks watch Anatoly’s life "Instagram". The man regularly posts personal photos, pictures from events and general shots with his wife.

A video blog on YouTube brings a good income to the journalist. So, since 2013, Anatoly received 128 million rubles through the channel. Shariy’s earnings per second are 777 rubles, which is 67,124 rubles per day and 2,013,706 rubles per month.

In 2018, Shariy gave an interview to the channel “The People”, where he shared some secrets of “behind the scenes” life. Earlier, when asked who Anatoly likes more in the Russian election race, the man answered: “Grudinin.” The blogger said that the contender for victory was being “dumped” by the regional media.

In posts in "Twitter" and on Instagram, the man often trolls those who make unflattering statements about the journalist. Thus, the blogger ridiculed claims that he is homeless because of his beard and fat because of his down jacket. Although, with a height of 174 cm, Shariy’s weight is 72 kg. The man urges his defenders not to pay attention to such messages.

Despite leaving Ukraine, Anatoly has Ukrainian citizenship. In one of the videos, the man said that it creates a lot of problems for him, and therefore Shariy does not understand why this country sometimes threatens people that it will take away their citizenship. In response, the journalist proposed to deprive him of such a connection with the Ukrainian state.

Anatoly Shariy now

Today the hype around Shariy does not subside, and the blogger himself regularly becomes involved legal proceedings. In February 2017, Anatoly filed a lawsuit against Detector Media for a publication that discredits honor and dignity. In the article, the publication called Anatoly Shariy “the mouthpiece of the Russian world” and “a scandalous Ukrainian pseudo-refugee.” Both the district court and the appeal court rejected the blogger’s claims.

In the summer of 2017, lawyer Mark Feigin accused Shariy of committing a crime of a sexual nature on radio “Moscow Speaks”. Anatoly denied this rumor and sued the lawyer. The court granted this claim. The blogger received compensation and a retraction.

In 2018, the court deprived Mark Feygin of his lawyer’s license: the man allowed himself to use obscene language on social networks towards colleagues and their clients.

The popularity of Anatoly Shariy’s articles and videos is constantly growing. As of September 2017, the account of the online publication “Shariy.net” in social network

Shariy Anatoly is a Ukrainian journalist and video blogger. He became widely known thanks to many scandalous articles and investigations. On at the moment lives in the European Union.

Anatoly Shariy: biography

Born in Kyiv on August 20, 1978. After school, he studied at KVTIU at the faculty of regimental intelligence. Somewhere in the early 2000s I suffered from gambling addiction. According to Anatoly himself, he played literally until his last money. It happened that he pawned property to visit a casino. Anatoly does not like to cover this part of his biography, so there are few details.

In 2005, he began his journalistic activities. Works in several Ukraine and Russia. His first fame came from the article “Why does a child sleep.” In it, Shariy Anatoly described in detail the exploitation of minors by the so-called “professional beggars.” After that, he wrote articles for several well-known online publications. His specialty was investigations. At one time he supported Yushchenko and took part in public events.

Article about pedophilia

His article “Public Children's Home” caused a real resonance. In it, Anatoly described the activities of the Zhemchuzhina orphanage, which allegedly became a den for pedophiles. These conclusions were based on the fact that there were twice as many servants for 30 children, and the establishment itself was carefully guarded. At night, expensive cars arrived at the “Pearl”, and by morning they left. Such a devastating article, which affected not only the employees of the establishment itself, but also a number of high-ranking officials, caused a real scandal. The Ukrainian Security Service conducted investigations that were accompanied by the disappearance of evidence and the mysterious deaths of those involved in the case.

In 2011, Shariy Anatoly shot a man several times with a traumatic pistol. According to the journalist, he did this due to aggression from a stranger. This incident became the reason for the criminal prosecution of Shariy.

That same year, the journalist was actively involved in investigating corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He pays special attention to the problems of drug trafficking and its patronage by the police. Also, many central Ukrainian channels showed a story about the closure of an underground casino by journalists, among whom was Shariy Anatoly. From this moment the real persecution begins. The criminal case regarding the shooting at McDonald's is being reinstated. Anatoly's mobile phone receives threatening calls. On July 12, people shoot at his car. The Ministry of Internal Affairs claims that it was staged and cites a number of very dubious evidence. The case is gaining resonance; not only the capital’s security forces are involved, but also the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Flight to the European Union

Constant pressure and fears for his life forced the journalist to leave for the European Union. Presumably, using someone else's documents, he was able to move to Russia, and from there to Latvia, where he asked for political refugee status, which EU representatives approved. Since then, Anatoly has been permanently residing in Europe.

Shariya's video blog

Journalist Anatoly Shariy became widely known for his coverage of the events of Euromaidan and the subsequent war in Donbass. He records his comments in video blog format, posting 10-15 minute videos on his YouTube channel. In them, he reveals the lies of the media about events in Ukraine. In particular, he examined in detail several so-called “fakes” of the channel “1+1”, “Channel 5” and others. After this, his channel was blocked several times. Ukrainian officials threatened him with criminal prosecution in connection with his activities. His page on the social network Facebook regularly ranks high in the ranking of the most visited pages in Ukraine. The YouTube channel has received several million views. Shariy Anatoly is one of the very famous media personalities. He was invited several times to broadcast live (by telephone) on Ukrainian and Russian programs.