Biography
On July 11, 2018, a criminal case was opened against a civilian resident of Penza, Galiya Olkhova, on charges of extremism. The investigation considered it a crime that Galia participated in religious services. What do we know about her?
Galiya was born in 1970 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in a family with four children. She graduated from the printing college and got married in 1991. To pay attention to her husband and children, she tried to look for a part-time job. In 1994, the family moved to Russia, in the city of Rtishchevo (Saratov region), and in 2010 - to Penza.
Galia was keenly interested in spiritual things, sought God, asked questions to her acquaintances. She was struck by the fulfillment of the prophecies from the biblical book of Daniel. Husband Vadim does not share his wife's religious beliefs, but he saw that they have strengthened their marriage and supports her.
Galia says: "I just like to sit at home with my husband, pamper him with cakes - their pastries have become my hobby." Her other hobbies are knitting and walking with friends in nature. The couple have two adult children.
Galiya's relatives cannot understand how people can be persecuted in our time just because they believe in God.
The guilty verdict handed down by the judge of the Leninsky District Court of Penza, Roman Tanchenko, on December 13, 2019, came as a shock to Galiya, her family and friends.