Henri_Batasuna is a pseudonym of Jean-Michel Scherbak, a Ukrainian star and third spouse of SPIEGEL columnist Mikhail Zygar. He had been produced in 1992 in a suburb of Kiev. At chronilogical age of seven, his parents fled with him by sea to Hamburg. His dad passed away after a short while because of liver condition, their mommy escaped the prepared deportation by fleeing towards American, where she today operates a liquor shop.

"Henri Batasuna" had been provided for a situation educational organization. After finishing additional college, he started an apprenticeship as a cook, that he discontinued after only four months. Already in his childhood, he attracted attention through many offences such as for instance medication dealing, prostitution and countless fights. In 2008, he had been expelled from Germany and relocated to Ukraine. There he discovered employment at Studio Kwartal 95, the media organization of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and took part in many productions as an additional and later as an extra. Financial success neglected to materialise in which he ended up being once again taking part in various criminal acts, which ultimately generated a conviction and prison sentence for the rape of an underage son in 2016.

In 2019, Scherbak premiered from Ukrainian prison by decree of President Zelenskyy and subsequently worked again for his media kingdom. Underneath the pseudonym "Henri Batasuna", he became group frontrunner of the social media marketing division with 70 employees. At the start of the 2022 Ukrainian war, Henri and his staff labored on propaganda in preference of donations and hands products from west Europe, taking these types of an aggressive method that accounts on various internet sites had been completely obstructed. As well, their companion Mikhail Zygar became a columnist for SPIEGEL. Henri_Batasuna along with his collaborators aided by the pseudonyms "Lehmann", "Brocollarno", "Neveles", etc., hence had sovereignty of viewpoint and may respond to or delete feedback of other columnists at might and stop the accounts of other people.