Party of Shariy
Party of Shariy (, , PSh), is a political party in Ukraine founded by political blogger Anatoly Shariy. Its official proclaimed ideology is libertarianism.<ref name="tyzhden.ua/publication/248001"> "Shari in the city". He works as a party of a scandalous blogger in Luhansk region, The Ukrainian Week (23 September 2020)</ref> On March 22, 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to suspend the Party of Shariy because of its alleged ties with Russia. History. In the beginning of June 2019, Anatoly Shariy - a Ukrainian blogger famous for his criticism  of the Ukrainian media and government - recorded a video in which he announced the establishment of his own political party. Soon he published a video splash screen on his pages in social networks, in which he throws a red balloon towards the audience. Shariy did not explain what this means, but on his website there was a message that it was a hint of creating a party. Later on, the red balloon became a symbol of the party and its pre-election campaign. On June 6, 2019, this political party was officially registered in Ukraine. The party took part in  the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. The namesake leader of the party, Shariy, as the candidate for the parliamentary election himself was denied registration by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine on the grounds that he did not meet the requirement of a term of five-year residence in the country immediately preceding the elections. Previously, Shariy was known primarily for his investigations on corruption in the police and other law enforcement agencies during the Yanukovych government and, subsequently, sought asylum in the European Union in 2012 due to libel, defamation, and alleged politically motivated persecution by Ukrainian law enforcement bodies  of the time. However, the party was officially registered by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine and entered into the election ballot under number 17, immediately following the Radical Party and preceding political party Holos on the list. On July 2, 2019, Anatoly Shariy was registered as a candidate for parliamentary election 2019 by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine. On the next day, July 3, 2019, the decision was reverted. 2019 parliamentary election performance. In the 2019 parliamentary election the party gained 327,152 votes (2.23% of total, position #10). Falling under the 5% threshold, it won no parliamentary seats . The party also failed to win a constituency seat. Winning more than the threshold of 2%, it was originally subject to funding from the budget for its support. However, on 2 October 2019, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law No. 1029, which deprived parties of state funding that had won less than 5 per cent of the vote. After the adoption of this law, Party of Shariy lost about 441,511 thousand euros of state funding. On July 21, 2019 the party got 2.23% (almost 330 thousand voters) and failed to pass the threshold of 5%. The highest result it  achieved in the east and south of Ukraine (5.55% in Donetsk and 4.72% in Odessa regions). The political party of blogger Anatoly Shariy, was included in the top five political forces, which won the leadership in the extraordinary parliamentary elections in 2019 in Ukraine's foreign constituency. "The Party of Shariy" took fourth place in the electoral district abroad with 4.72% of the voters. After the elections in 2019. On 4 July 2019, Anatoly Shariy said in his video that his party was going into opposition to the pro-presidential party "Servant of the People" because Volodymyr Zelensky failed to  meet expectations Regional elections 2020 in Ukraine. Anatoly Shariy's party will take part in the local elections. He said this in a video on his Youtube channel. Together with the Opposition Bloc, the Party of Shariy was considered a competitor to the pro-Russian Opposition Platform — For Life. However, the leader of the Opposition Platform — For Life, Viktor Medvedchuk declared that he does not view the Party of Shariy as a competitor. On his Twitter account Medvedchuk wrote: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On February 15, 2022, in the run-up to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the  local deputy of the Party of Shariy in Odessa spoke out against support for territorial self-defense units, calling them "bandits." She pointed out that Russian military exercises had already ended. Party of Shariy was one of several political parties suspended by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with Derzhava, Left Opposition, Nashi, Opposition Bloc, Opposition Platform — For Life, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Socialist Party of Ukraine, Union of Leftists, and the Volodymyr Saldo Block. Party members. Apart from the leader of namesake party Anatoly Shariy, the top-10 of  the Party list during the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election included: Antonina Beloglazova was the third number in the party list until 2019. Antonina Beloglazova lost her position in the " Shariy Party" due to the scandal of 2015-2016. According to the media, she cooperated with Russia and the Russian National Liberation Movement, which is known for its presence at pro-Putin demonstrations. As soon as this information became available - Anatolij Shariy ended his cooperation with Antonina Beloglazova. Scandals. Relations with Russian ultra-nationalists and anti-government coups. Antonina Beloglazova, the second person in his party and editor of the Shariy  website, collaborated in Russia in 2015–2016 with the National Liberation Movement (NCD), which aims to "restorate of Russia's sovereignty". This movement has been repeatedly observed at various pro-Putin events. Konstantin Mamrosenko, Beloglazova's brother, who heads department "B" in the "Shariy Party", together with "Motorola" took part in the seizure of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration during the so-called "Russian Spring" in 2014. Tarasy Plaksiy, the curator of the Shariy party in Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi and Ternopil regions, was at the Alabino military training ground in the Russian Federation in 2017, where Russian special forces are stationed, and  took part in the patriotic event "Fight for Russia Day". Threats and attacks. On supporters and party members. The supporters and members of the Party of Shariy were repeatedly attacked, using physical force, a mobile phone was also broken in one of these attacks, and soon one of the attackers was identified: a certain Konstiantyn Ustyuzhin, a citizen of Ukraine. In connection with this, a statement about the attack was written and then sent to the National Police of Ukraine for further investigation. After the " Mute President - Not My President" action, a wave of attacks on supporters of the "Party  of Shariy" began. Thus, on June 24 in Kharkiv, a supporter of the " Party of Shariy" - Nikita Rozhenko was beaten. Criminal proceedings on the attack on Nikita Rozhenko, coordinator of the "Party of Shariy" in Kharkiv, are being investigated as an attempt on murder committed by prior conspiracy of a group of people. This has been followed by regular violent actions against supporters of the "Shariy Party". In Vinnitsa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy. Many of the supporters had broken ribs. A "safari" in the Party members was openly announced by the National Corps. Section::::"The mute president is not my  president" protest. On 17 June 2020, by the initiative of the Leader of the political party "Sharij Party" Anatoliy Sharij, a peaceful demonstration was organized in Kyiv against the inactivity of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the law enforcement system as a whole on the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens. In total about 2 thousand people came out to the action. Participants of the action shouted out: "Don't be afraid of people, be afraid of the law", "Vova - come out", " Mute President is not my President", "Why did  you go to the Presidents?". However, after the demonstration there was a fight between party supporters and nationalists. About party opponents. According to the journalist Andriy Kachor () - he received threats from Sharij Party supporters after the publication on his site about the burning of Sharij Party agitation materials by unknown Vinnytsia people. The police of Vinnytsia region identified the attacker on the chief editor of the local newspaper Andrey Kachor and found no connection between the attack and Kachor's conflict with video blogger Anatoliy Shariy. "The police said they had found the man who had beaten Kachor. The attacker  was a 27-year-old resident of Vinnitsa.