Original sentence: Anatoly Anatolyevich Shariy (, ; born August 20, 1978), alternatively transliterated Sharij, is a YouTube and TV blogger, a former journalist and a politician of Ukrainian origin
Edited sentence: Anatoly Anatolyevich Shariy (, ; born August 20, 1978), alternatively transliterated Sharij, is a pro-Russian propagandist, YouTube and TV blogger, a former journalist and a politician of Ukrainian origin.Anatoly Shariy himself could not not run in the election due to not being a resident of Ukraine for over five years.Shariy is a former activist of a homophobic Ukrainian organization Love Against Homosexuality.These channels have been blocked for broadcast in Ukraine since February 2021 due to being affiliated with Viktor Medvedchuk, a pro-Russian oligarch who was alleged to be involved in financing terrorism and is widely considered to be an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Viktor Medvedchuk himself called Shariy an "ally and partner" on one of Russian TV stations