Biography
On April 26, 2019, arrests of citizens for religious views resumed in Smolensk, the total number of detainees reached 5. One of them was Viktor Malkov.
Viktor was born in 1959 in Smolensk. As a child, he was actively involved in football, played in the team of the plant. He mastered several working specialties: locksmith, carpenter, roofer. Before his arrest, he worked as a driver. He loved to work in the country and pick mushrooms. In 1992, Victor married Vera, whom he met at work.
Before getting acquainted with the Bible, Victor knew the ups and downs. He had been in prison for seven years for a fight, and his marriage was on the verge of divorce. But faith in God helped him become a new man. Victor became a peaceful and law-abiding citizen, and his marriage could be called exemplary. When they came to arrest Victor, he said: "I served seven years for a fight, became a believer, and now you want to imprison me for preaching the good news for almost the same period?"
On April 26, 2020, Viktor Malkov died suddenly. The stresses of the criminal prosecution worsened his already poor health.
Victor's relatives knew him as a sympathetic person. All his life, Victor helped his brother, a visually impaired person of the first group. For many years he also supported his mother, who needs help due to age and poor health.