Biography
Vasiliy Bondarev and his mother Irina became defendants in a criminal case for believing in Jehovah God in May 2023.
Vasiliy was born in October 1996 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. He has an elder brother and sister. Mother worked as a designer, graphic designer, was engaged in the manufacture of clothes, now retired. His father died in January 2020.
Vasiliy graduated from the medical college with a degree in General Medicine. He worked for four years in an ambulance, currently works as a district paramedic in a clinic.
The young man loves music since childhood, plays the piano in his free time and relaxes with friends in nature.
From birth, his mother instilled Christian values in Vasiliy. Studying the Bible on his own, the young man became convinced that it was consistent with science and history. As a result, in 2014 he embarked on the Christian path.
Relatives and friends of the Bondarevs wonder how these peaceful people can be accused of extremism.