Today it became known that a tragedy occurred in the family of one of the ex-participants in the Dom-2 show. Anton Shoki's half-brother committed suicide. This was announced by Anton himself. According to the latest data, Ildar was serving a 25-year term in prison. The reason for his suicide, most likely, was his imprisonment for such a long period. Psychologically, he did not cope with this sentence.
Anton Shoki does not disclose all the details about his brother's death. The only thing he said was - “I think he had mental problems on this basis, and he killed himself. I am very sad and I remember my brother only with warmth, we were really close. " According to Anton, the trial was dishonest and the verdict was extremely harsh, which led to mental problems in his older brother.
Ildar - Anton Shoki's brother committed suicide
By the way, this was not Ildar's first prison term, not so long ago he was released on parole, his first conviction was for theft. Almost nothing is known about the second. What really happened, and why Anton Shoki's brother committed suicide is anyone's guess.
Anton Shoki shared on social networks his memories of his brother, who committed suicide. They have different fathers, so they are maternal brothers to each other. Ildar was four years older than Anton. Their life was rather difficult. They both grew up in an orphanage, Anton got there when he was three years old.
But as an older brother, Ildar always stood up for Anton and was his mentor. “I remember we went to camp together, and I stole dinner for him. My brother did not approve of this act and scolded for it - Ildar wanted me to be honest, ”Anton shared his memories.
Reality show
The difficult life story of Shoki and his brother became known to the public after Anton came to the television project Dom-2. He told the audience and the participants how he ended up in the United States and why he made the decision to return to his homeland.
Anton came to America after he was adopted by a family from the United States, but when the young man grew up, he decided to return to his homeland in Russia. The guy became known to the public after appearing in the role of a participant on a scandalous TV set.
Foster parent scandal
Foreign "parents" did not find a common language with Anton, his character is temperamental and he could often behave very hot-tempered. The guardians accused the adopted son of sexually harassing their children and even filed a report with the police.
This was not the end of his "adventures" in America. Anton was forcibly sent to a psychiatric hospital for examination, followed by the walls of a special camp for difficult children with criminal inclinations.
While Shocky was in the United States, he changed four foster families. Even at this time, Anton Shoki's older brother, who committed suicide, did not leave him. He helped Anton financially, sending 20-30 thousand a month.
When Anton Shoki was 16 years old, he decided to return to his homeland. All the red tape with documents lasted about two years, and upon reaching the age of majority he managed to carry out his plan.
Anton Shocky now
At the moment, Anton Shoki, according to some sources, is in America, he decided to return there after he left the television project and his personal life went downhill. In the United States, he got a job as an administrator at one of the local hotels.
At the moment, there are heated debates about the return of Anton Shoki to "Dom-2". Rumors began to spread after the voting started in the TNT mobile application, in which viewers choose a participant to whom they give a second chance and return him to the project. About 44% voted for Anton.
The new participant of House 2 Anton Shoki, judging by the reviews about him on the network, is sympathetic to many fans of the show, there are, however, such viewers who consider the guy to be impudent and even inadequate. Anton was brought to the project by his adoptive mother, she told about the difficult fate of the “son” on the “frontal”: an orphan without a penny in his pocket, he lived in the USA for four years, where he had a very difficult time.
The biography of Anton Shoki (Batrakov) is really very interesting. Anton, from a dysfunctional family, ended up in an orphanage at the age of three, since his mother was imprisoned. At the age of fourteen, the teenager was adopted by the Americans - the Shocke couple. The temperamental Anton did not work out with foreign "parents", the guardians accused him of sexual harassment of their children and wrote a statement to the police.
Anton was sent to a psychiatric hospital for examination, and then to a special. camp for difficult children with criminal inclinations. During his stay in the United States, Shocky changed four foster families. At the age of sixteen, Anton decided to return to the Russian Federation, he turned to the Russian consulate for help. Shoki had to wait two more years to come of age, that's the law. When Anton was eighteen, they helped him leave America.
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Upon arrival in his homeland, Shoki learned that he was deprived of benefits and, therefore, could not apply for housing, and even with the replacement of the American passport with a Russian one, there were problems. Anton came to Cheboksary, where he was from, and found himself a refuge in a boarding school. Thanks to the publicity in the media, Shoki came to the attention of Andrei Razin, a music producer and politician. Razin took Anton Batrakov to Moscow, helped with the paperwork and registration.
Razin gave Shoki an apartment in Moscow, organized an internship for him in the State Duma, and offered to try himself as an artist - a member of the Tender May group. Andrei Razin conceived the idea of founding the Vozvrashchenie charity center; for Anton, the politician assigned the role of the project curator. Razin bought Shoki another apartment in Sochi, where it was planned to open the main office of the center. After a conflict with Razin, Anton Shoki went to the House 2 project.
Anton Batrakov (Shocky) was adopted by an American family when he was 14 years old. A boy from Chuvashia on his way to America thought that fate had finally smiled at him. He went to the land of freedom with a dream about flying in the sky, about becoming a pilot, about a happy life in an American family, where, in addition to his dad and mom, he would have stepbrothers and sisters. But after a few months in the United States, he realized that his dreams were not destined to come true. Foster parents, whom he did not understand, because he did not know the language, handed him over to the police on charges of sexual harassment of his three children, and then completely abandoned him. After several years of wandering around orphanages and foster families in the United States, Anton nevertheless returned to Russia. And here another story began, also not similar to sugar, but the world, as it turned out, is not without kind people ...
Now Anton is preparing to enter the Faculty of Law and is heading a large charitable project with the support of a well-known public figure and producer of the Laskoviy May group Andrey Razin... The Vozvrashchenie Charitable Center will allow Russian orphans, with the same unsuccessful adoption as Anton's, to return from abroad to their homeland - to Russia.
Anton told SP-Yug about his life before his adoption in America and after his return to Russia.
Chuvash-American Odyssey
Anton ended up in an orphanage at the age of three due to a situation typical for a Russian orphan: his parents were drinking and they had no time for a child. In addition, the mother, trying to arrange her personal life, changed men and constantly got stuck in some kind of criminal situation, for which she ended up in a pre-trial detention center, and then in a colony, where she is still being held.
- I went to my mother in the colony when I returned from America, - says Anton. “Even though I didn’t know her and didn’t love her, I never forgot that she was my mother. It was not her fault that the circumstances were so. Life has decreed so. Now I know that life can fray and break anyone. Therefore, I went to her to say that I forgive her. It was probably important for the mother to hear these words from her son.
Anton says about his father that he does not remember him. He left his family early. Of the relatives there is a brother from another father. He was brought up with him in an orphanage in Chuvashia until he left for America. The brother, like the mother, is now in prison.
Anton agreed to adoption in America on the advice of his good friend - a director from Chuvash Yuri Spiridonov, who in fact replaced his father in that life period. Together they thought it would be better for Anton. After all, he will have more chances to get an education, having learned to be a pilot, whom an orphan from Chuvashia so dreamed of becoming. True, Anton did not know English, but hoped to quickly learn the language at an American school.
But in reality, everything turned out to be different. The discord between Anton and his adoptive parents began after a couple of months. Anton did not understand his new guardians, and they did not trust the almost adult, as it seemed to them, a difficult, Russian teenage orphanage. Anton was dragged to psychological adaptation camps, where he felt uncomfortable. Firstly, he was the oldest among the adopted children in these camps (almost a young man), and he was forced to sit on the lap of the guardians and sleep with them in the same bed as a little one. As Anton admitted, he just wanted to escape somewhere from this strange and unpleasant situation. And his new parents thought that the boy was wild and abnormal, and tried to protect him from contact with the external environment.
- My foster parents did not send me to a regular school, only at monasteries. They were afraid that I would find myself friends with whom I would spend time. But I found a friend anyway. I ran to him and spent the night with him.
Parents began to lock me in the room under the alarm. The sensors were installed on the window and on the door. I couldn't go to the toilet even at night. But I broke the sensor on the window and ran away. True, I was quickly returned by the police. Parents after such a trick were sent to a mental hospital. I stayed there for several months. The doctors found no abnormalities. And then my foster family took me to the director of the psychological camp. There I was locked up in a basement for 7 days. They didn't talk to me. I was sitting alone in a room, and as a dog they pushed the bowl under the door to me, - Anton tells about life in a foster family.
Through the Google translator, Anton was able to explain himself to his "jailers". He said that he no longer wanted to live with the Shoki family, and they, in turn, sent him alone on a plane to Texas, as he was then told him, forever. There Anton went to school and began to communicate with other children. It seemed that life began to improve, but after 3 months, without explaining the reasons, Anton was again put on the plane and returned back to Shoki. Having met the boy at the airport, the American dad and mom handed over their adopted son to the police, where they put “bracelets” on Anton's hands and put him in a cell. Only 3 months later, when Anton began to be taken to the courts, they explained to him that the Shockies had accused him of sexually harassing their children. Since then, Anton came from a foster family under social welfare, who placed him in a camp for difficult children with criminal inclinations. And although the boy went through all the unthinkable examinations and was examined by both doctors and psychologists for bad inclinations and mental sanity and was recognized as normal, he was still kept in institutions for "special" children. Then there were three "professional" families, where the "father" was paid a salary to support the child, and many attempts to contact the Russian consul in order to return to Russia. But before that happened, several years passed. During this time, Anton's status in the United States changed from an adopted teenager to a "state" one.
- When I did get a meeting with the Russian consul, I was 16 years old. I begged to be taken to Russia. The problem was that in America I was under the state protection until I came of age. And neither American nor Russian laws allowed me to return to Russia. It turned out that neither ours, nor the American legislation provides for the return of children in such cases with the preservation of the prescribed benefits, - Anton recalls about all the torments that he had to endure before he was able to return to Russia. - I had to wait until I was 18 years old (until the age of majority under Russian law) so that the Russian consul could provide assistance. During this time I finished school with a bronze medal. He worked, bought a car and wanted to go to college to study to be a pilot. But because of my African American guardian (the third in a row after the Shocky family) who treated me like trash, I could not do it. There was a time that I spent the night in the park and there was nothing to eat, because the guardian locked the house and could leave for a neighboring state with his son without even warning me. And then the mass street riots of African Americans began in my city and I was so scared that there was only one thought about surviving at all. Then I wrote many letters to To Putin, To Astakhov and to the Russian embassy. And finally, they helped me. From Missouri I flew to Houston, and there I was met by myself Lavrov and from there I returned to Russia.
PR on the background of an orphan
- Yuri Spiridonov met me at the Russian airport. Not Astakhov, as the media wrote, not government officials, only my friend. And in the two years that I have been in Russia, not a single official, including Astakhov, has helped me either. I couldn't even get a Russian passport. There was nowhere to live. I was denied housing, like an orphan, in Russia. They say that here I am on paper listed as an adopted child of the American Shocky family. It turned out that even there I lost the benefits that the orphan was entitled to, and here I did not receive them. Foolishly, the American passport was thrown away when I got off the plane in Russia, and then I had to restore it. It cost me a lot for me - $ 200. And the most remarkable thing is that so much has been written and told about me, including Gordon on "First", and promoted at my expense, but no one helped after the lights of the searchlights and cameras went out, - exhaling in his hearts with bitterness in his voice and look, Anton expressed his thoughts aloud.
- I never liked PR. When I got off the plane and saw the journalists, I got scared. I didn't want to talk about my life to all these cameras. I went back to Cheboksary. Then I realized that I had done the wrong thing. I had to stay in Moscow in order to get through to some correct doors. Our regions suffer both in material terms and in the possibilities of social assistance. For a long time I could not legalize education documents in order to enter the "higher". He wrote and called Astakhov, but he could not get through to him ...
He legalized the documents himself, having paid 10 thousand rubles. It took, however, 2 years. Now the problem is to refresh knowledge. But I am not a weak person, I decided to do it, so I will do it. The knowledge of a legalist is needed for my purpose, to help orphans like me. And if it works out, then become the Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation for the rights of the child, - said Anton.
The world is not without good people
- I am very grateful to Andrey Razin. He noticed me when he came to Cheboksary with concerts of "Tender May". In the hotel I watched the news and there was a story about me. He found me and invited me, along with the entire boarding school, to the “Tender May” concert. And then he said that he would take me to Moscow immediately after the end of the tour.
He made me a residence permit, restored my Russian passport and helped me find a job, and now there is an apartment in Sochi thanks to him. And although there are still bare walls and no documents, I hope that everything will be. The apartment, by the way, is in the same building where it is planned to open the "Return" charity center. There will also be apartments for other orphans like me, ”Anton told about the fateful meeting and plans for the future.
Another good friend in Anton's life (among the few) - Andrey Isaev Deputy Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party. Anton became friends with Isaev when he had the opportunity to work in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. It was a short-lived experience, but useful. As Anton said, thanks to this work, a new goal was opened in his life and the direction of his current activity appeared - the curator of the "Return" charity project.
- In Sochi, Andrei Razin and I are opening the official office of the charity Center for the return of orphans from abroad back to Russia. In October we have to fly to America to open 10 representative offices of the Return Center there. The official head office is planned to open in Washington at the Russian Embassy. Children will be able to go there directly, - said Anton about the project, adding that the first important steps for its implementation have already been taken.
- We have sent 2 thousand letters to various large companies with a request to provide assistance and funds have already begun to flow into the budget of the charitable project. Thanks to them, it became possible to purchase 15 apartments for orphans. The site Return-home.ru has already been created, on the development of which I am working. Now I find Russian orphans abroad who need help and want to return to Russia, ”says Anton.
Small tragedies on a large country scale
In America, of course, there are good families where Russian orphans end up, but there are also terrible cases, much worse than Anton's.
- In March, I contacted my friend Christina Knopp. We are from the same orphanage in Chuvashia. She also wanted to return, but did not wait. An acquaintance killed her. When I found out, I could not eat or sleep for a week. It's terrible that orphans abroad have nowhere to call, to ask for help in a difficult situation, says Anton.
Christina, who died in the United States in 2009, was adopted by Americans. The girl passed away on March 23. Nobody told her relatives what happened to her there. Until now, they do not know the circumstances of her death, and they were informed about Christina's death only after her funeral. This is how the life of a Russian orphan girl from the Chuvash province ended in a foreign land.
What do you think it will be
- America taught me a lot. The brain began to work differently, - Anton admits. - My brain seemed to give out another 200% of energy when I began to learn English, and then think in it. And I also realized that as you think, it will be so. I have always tried and try to see the good in the bad. When you are positive, you get a lot.
Yes, I can go to America, but I decided to stay in Russia and change our country for the better. As they say, where he was born, there he came in handy. I am proud of my country no matter what. I see Russia as promising and I hope that others will understand this and then everything will work out ...
A look at Russian realities
“The main thing is to learn to see people and evaluate them not from the point of view of how much money a person has, but from the position of what he is, what he can do for himself and for others,” Anton shared his thoughts.
- Sometimes I ask myself the question, wouldn’t it be better to stay in America? I wanted so badly to return to Russia and believed in my country, but in reality everything is different than on TV. I saw that Russia suffers greatly from corruption and from this there are many troubles. It can be seen that Russia is changing for the better. Russia is a big country with great opportunities. Including financial, and people live poorly. The reason, again, is corruption. And now everyone is being told that there is a crisis in the country, but in reality there is no crisis - this is an artificially created situation. It's just that the money is going in the wrong direction.
I had a case here in Sochi, when I was walking along the embankment with a bottle of beer in hand. The police stopped me and asked for my documents. I had an American passport with me. Seeing him, the policeman began to tell very emotionally how he wants to go to America, and how bad and hopeless it is in Russia. This is very revealing!
Simple people depend on officials, and they do God knows what, instead of working in their place. Because of this, such is the attitude of Russians to their country, and there is no faith in the future. This is the main difference between Russia and America. Now I understand why the Russians are so eager to leave for the United States, even despite the propaganda that everything is bad there. In fact, we have great prospects and opportunities.
There is someone "above" and he sees everything ...
- Meeting with Andrey is like help from above. Yes, there were a lot of bad things in my life, but now I understand that through all these negative moments I had to go through in order to come to who I am now and what I now have. I never tire of thanking God for everything that happened in my life. I can't say that I often go to church, but I believe in God or in someone who is there from above. When I feel bad, I just look at the sky and talk to HIM. I'm sure HE hears me. And what you need, you will always get if you ask. Not a million dollars, of course, but some real things. I know from myself, - says Anton. - And after they helped me get to Moscow and restore my passport, I believed 100%.
I lived in Chuvashia, worked everywhere and as anyone could: a photographer, a bartender, I sold jackets in order to save up for a passport. Money was very difficult. And they also needed funds for a ticket and a hotel. I asked for help, and here they call me from Moscow, from the first channel, from the Gordon program, and they offer me to participate in a TV show: they pay for travel, a week's stay in a hotel and they also give a fee of 40 thousand. It was like a miracle!
"Dom-2" as a "panacea" for begging
- There was a story when I wanted to get on "Dom-2", I even applied through the brothers Zaitsevs had every chance to pass the casting. But, firstly, I did not know then what it was. And secondly, I had nowhere to live and there was a problem with work due to the lack of registration and a Russian passport. A friend suggested, they say, go to "Dom-2". There is a roof, and they will feed, and they will give more money. Plus you'll be on television. They will know about you and can help in a life situation. That's why I went there, but when I found out what it was, I refused it myself. Although who knows what would have happened if I had got there. Life is so unpredictable ... - Anton tells.
Russian orphans should stay in Russia!
- In my orphanage in Chuvashia, where I grew up, now there are three or four children. It can be seen that orphanages in Russia are disappearing due to state policy. It's great! We can cope here without foreigners. I am categorically against our children being taken abroad. Although such as Navalny, are pushing a different policy towards our orphans. In this regard, I think that officials simply make money from orphans. If you delve into this topic, you can understand what is at stake.
It is necessary to prohibit the export of our children abroad - this is our future, how can you be so wasteful! Just think, in just 2 years (from 2012 to 2014) 60 thousand children from Russia were sent for adoption abroad. Now multiply exponentially by imagining that these children will have children, and then grandchildren and great-grandchildren. What could they do for their country - maybe there are geniuses among them ?! In addition to the demographic issue, this is an impressive monetary circulation, not to mention other aspects, - Anton Batrakov-Shoki expressed his thoughts.
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