Name: Bozykov Petr Mikhailovich
Date of Birth: January 28, 1971
Current status: accused
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)

Biography

On 21 May 2020, criminal proceedings were instituted in Khakassia under article 282.2, part 2 (participation in a banned extremist organization), against six believers. Among them is a father of three sons, Peter Bozykov.

Peter was born in 1971 in the village of Novotroitskoye (Khakassia) and grew up in a large family with a brother and two sisters. As a child he attended various clubs, was fond of volleyball. After school, he graduated from Khakas Technical Institute in Abakan as a mechanical engineer for foundry production. For some time he worked as a locksmith, now he is a master of finishing works.

Reading the Bible, Peter became convinced that the prophecies from this book are being fulfilled, and he found the advice for life and happiness very practical. He was deeply touched by the principles from scripture and decided to follow them in his life.

His refusal to serve in the army and to take up arms turned into a year and a half imprisonment sentence for Peter. After his release in 1995 Peter married Karina, a sociable and cheerful girl working as a nurse. The spouses raised and brought up three sons.

Once again in the status of the accused for the faith, Peter cares mainly not for himself, but for his family - will the family be able to cope without him, if he is deprived of liberty? His family has similar concerns.

Case History

From the high-profile case against the mother and son, Valentina and Roman Baranovskiy, a criminal case was separated against 6 other civilians from Abakan: 4 men and 2 women. Later, materials regarding Alexei Baikalov, Roman Ostapenko and the father of many children, Pyotr Bozykov, were separated into separate proceedings. The believers were accused of participating in extremist activities. All three are included in the Rosfinmonitoring list.
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