The Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy, who is subject to an international extradition order to be resolved by a judge of the National Court before 40 days, explained in an interview with Efe that if Spain extradites him “it will be the end” and they will kill him after torturing him.From his house in Roda de Berà (Tarragona) and with his wife, Olga BondarenkoShariy has shown relaxed and has predicted that he will only be extradited if “Spain is not a State of law”.
“I haven’t done anything. What means crime of high treason?. I have only shown myself in favor of multilingualism in Ukraine”, he has defended himself on the accusation on which the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) bases the arrest warrant that has been executed by the National Court, which has released him on provisional release at the moment and you must decide whether or not to send it to your country within a maximum period of 40 days.
“It is not a crime to criticize your government. That is something that Zelensky seems to he does not want to understand, says Shariy, who accuses the kyiv government of “using this horrible war situation to attack opponents.”
According to him, right now in Ukraine “it is chaos, there is no law and no justice.”
“What is that in my country that you can send someone to prison for 15 years to talk about multilingualism?. Is it forbidden for me to have an opinion? It shouldn’t be a crime,” she reflected.
He also criticizes that deputies and “members of the Zelensky government” have spoken of “bring you in pieces” from Spain to the Ukraine and to “end” him.
The judge forces him while deciding his extradition not to leave the country, something that does not “concern” him.
Rule of law
“I don’t want to flee to another place. I think this is a rule of law so I don’t have to be afraid. And if it isn’t, then I don’t want to live here anyway,” he adds.
He describes the extradition procedure as “garbage” and defends that since the war began “in ten minutes he was already live asking for help for the Ukrainians and saying that he was against the war and Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.”
Likewise, he assures that he has sent food and basic necessities and that he has used his channel to put people who ask for help in contact.
The National Police arrested him this Wednesday in the Tarragona municipality of Roda de Berà and was transferred to the National High Court to go to the disposition of the investigating judge 4, who must decide whether to agree to the extradition.
Defended by Boye
Following the statement, Shariy, who has as lawyer to Gonzalo Boyewho has defended pro-independence politicians such as former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, was released provisionally with precautionary measures, although without bail.
Shariy and his wife prefer not to give much information about whether they have private security or from the Mossos themselves given the protests at their home by pro-Zelensky Ukrainians since the war began.
According to his wife, “many Ukrainians stop Anatoly on the street to greet him and tell him that they are followers”, although he also acknowledges that they have received insults.
“Who threatens my two-year-old son can’t be called ukrainian, it’s just rubbishShariy says bluntly.
The detention “was possible thanks to the close cooperation of the Security Service of Ukraine, with the Prosecutor General’s Office, international partners and as a result of a multi-level special operation of Ukrainian law enforcement officers,” the Ukrinform agency reported.
“Ukrainian traitor”
The Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, emphasizes that this detention is another evidence that “every traitor in Ukraine will sooner or later be punished deserved, it is inevitable”.
The Ukrainian special service suspects that Shariy committed crimes under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: art. 111 (treason) and 161 (violation of the equality of citizens according to their race, nationality, religious beliefs, disability and other causes).
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According to SBU investigators, the youtuber carried out illegal activities detrimental to national security of Ukraine in the field of information: “There are reasons to believe that Shariy acted on behalf of foreign structures.”
“The evidence of the investigation is confirmed by a series of expert studies, which established that in the interviews and speeches of A. Shariy there are facts of his subversive activities against Ukraine. He was declared a suspect last year.“, they specified in a statement