Anatolii Sharii, pro-Russian blogger
Anatolii Sharii/ Facebook Sharii
Anatolii Sharii is a pro-Russian blogger, propagandist, and politician of Ukrainian origin. Founder of the online publications “Sharij.net” and “Party of Shariy”. The latter’s work was banned by the Supreme Court of Ukraine in September 2022.
Sharii fled Ukraine in 2012 and continues to conduct pro-Russian propaganda and promote Ukrainophobia from abroad.
In 2014, he called residents of Western Ukraine “not Ukrainians,” “second-class,” and “half-breeds.” He supported Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
A month after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he claimed that Putin “shouldn’t think about what’s good for Ukraine, but what’s good for Russia.”
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1. He called residents of Western Ukraine “not Ukrainians”, “second-class” and “half-breeds” (2014)
2. He stated that the current Ukraine, under the leadership of President Volodymyr Zelensky, is allegedly fascist (September 6, 2022)
3. He was outraged that Western politicians supported Ukraine. In particular, he spoke negatively about the support for Ukraine by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (October 27, 2022)
4. He stated that NATO could send its troops into Ukraine and provoke Putin (October 27, 2022)
