Andrey Shary (Russian: Андре́й Ша́рый; born June 17, 1965 in Belogorsk, RSFSR) is a Russian journalist, author and media manager. He studied journalism at the State Institute of International Relations in Moscow, graduating in 1987. Shary worked for the Soviet daily Pravda from 1987–1990, and then moved to the weekly Rossiya (1990–1994). In 1992 he began cooperation with Radio Svoboda, the Russian Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. From 1994 - 1996 he worked as a freelance journalist in the former Yugoslavia - based in Zagreb. Since 1996 he is a senior broadcaster, since 2016 - Director for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Russian Service and an author of dozen books on the Yugoslav wars, history of Central Europe, modern popular culture, and travel journals. Shary also has written numerous articles and commentaries published in the journals and magazines Inostrannaya literatura, Neprikosnovennyi zapas, GEO, GEO-Traveller, Chetyrye sezona, Itogi, Vsemirny sledopyt, Pravozashitnik, Zhurnalist and in various other Russian and European newspapers and journals.
After the Rain Falls. Yugoslavian Myths: Between the Old and the New Age. NLO, Moscow, 2002, ISBN 5-86793-180-3The Tribunal. Chronicles Of The Unfinished War. Human Rights Publishers, 2003, ISBN 5-7712-0279-7A Prayer for Serbia. The Secret of Zoran Djindjic’s Death. Human Rights Publishers, 2004, ISBN 80-903523-1-6 Co-author: Aja Kuge.Four Seasons. NLO, Moscow, 2006, ISBN 5-86793-394-6Sign 007: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. NLO, Moscow, 2007, ISBN 5-86793-495-0 Co-author: Natalya Golitsyna.Sign F: Fantomas in Books and on the Screen. NLO, Moscow, 2007, ISBN 5-86793-517-5Sign W: Leader of the Red Skins in Books and on the Screen. NLO, Moscow, 2008, ISBN 978-5-86793-562-7Sign Z: Zorro in Books and on the Screen. NLO, Moscow, 2008, ISBN 978-5-86793-626-6Sign D: Dracula in Books and on the Screen. NLO, Moscow, 2009, ISBN 978-5-86793-711-9 Co-author: Vladimir Vedrashko.Sign 007: James Bond in Books and on the Screen. NLO, Moscow, 2010, ISBN 978-5-86793-761-4 Co-author: Natalya Golitsyna.The Roots and the Crown. Essays on Austria-Hungary: A Destiny of an Empire. KoLibri, Moscow, 2011, ISBN 978-5-389-01371-1 Co-author: Yaroslav Shimov.Austria-Hungary. A Destiny of an Empire. KoLibri, Moscow, 2015, ISBN 978-5-389-09313-3 Co-author: Yaroslav Shimov. 2nd edition.The Globe of Saint Petersburg. NLO, Moscow, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86793-909-0The Globe of Moscow. NLO, Moscow. 2013, ISBN 978-5-4448-0043-0 Co-author: Olga Podkolzina.Danube. An Imperial River. KoLibri, Moscow, 2015, ISBN 978-5-389-09312-6 
