Biography
For more than 30 years, Viktor Kudinov worked as a bus driver in Sevastopol and was awarded the medal "The Best Driver of the City". In August 2022, this respectable citizen was accused of extremism because of his faith in Jehovah God, and in January 2025, the court sentenced him to 6 years in a penal colony.
Viktor was born in January 1969 in Budapest. When he was 4, the family returned to Crimea. Soon the parents divorced, and the upbringing of the boy and his older sister fell on the shoulders of his grandmother. From an early age, Victor helped her with the housework and worked part-time at the state farm during the holidays. He grew up friendly and kind and loved hiking and playing sports. He was fond of photography; in high school he led a photography hobby group.
At the age of 15, Victor thought about entering a theological seminary, but his uncle dissuaded him. After school, Victor studied at college as a car repairman. At the same time, he was trained as a driver. Viktor worked at Sevastopol Avtodor. He has many certificates and letters of thanks from various enterprises and the city administration, as well as the above-mentioned medal for professional activity.
In 1990, while working as a bus driver, Viktor met Svetlana, and a year later they got married. The Kudinovs have two children, a daughter and a son.
Svetlana was the first to study the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses. Victor joined her when he saw that thanks to the new knowledge, their family became happier, and the relationship in marriage strengthened. In 2010, he embarked on the path of a Christian.
The couple love to relax with family and friends at sea, as well as travel around the Crimea. They have a good relationship with their children and grandchildren.
Neighbors and colleagues know Victor as a kind, hospitable, hardworking and cheerful person. All of them are worried about his criminal prosecution.