Biography
Yevgeny Spirin was arrested on January 27, 2019 in the city of Furmanov (Ivanovo region) during searches in the apartments of believers. What is known about him?
Yevgeny was born in 1986 in Ivanovo. As a child, he was fond of drawing and skiing, studied well, and after graduating from school he joined his father at work in a car service. He has a younger brother.
Eugene was introduced to Bible teachings from his parents and as a teenager made an independent decision to serve God. Because of his peace-loving Christian convictions, he chose to serve for the good of society, carrying out alternative civilian service instead of military service. In 2014 he married Nataliya.
It is hard for Yevgeny's relatives to see how a man who did nothing wrong was labeled an extremist and sentenced to a large fine just for believing in Jehovah God.
Case History
After a series of searches in January 2019 in the city of Furmanov, local resident Yevgeny Spirin was interrogated and sent to a pre-trial detention center for 5 months. The FSB in the Ivanovo region accused him of resuming the activities of a banned organization, although Spirin did not harm anyone, but simply professed his faith. During the court hearings, numerous fabrications of “evidence” of Spirin’s guilt were revealed. Thus, an expert handwriting expert revealed a falsification of the search protocol. A neighbor of the Spirins told the court that she did not give a negative characterization to Yevgeniy, who appears in the case. And the prosecution witness turned out to be an embedded retired law enforcement officer. Nevertheless, in 2020, the court sentenced him to a fine of 700,000 rubles, although, taking into account the time spent by Spirin in custody, the amount payable is 500,000 rubles. The verdict has entered into force.
