Biography
In September 2021, a court in Volgograd sentenced four civilians to real prison terms for their faith in Jehovah God. One of them is a former military pilot Valeriy Rogozin.
Valeriy was born in 1962 in Krasnokamsk (Perm region). As a child, he liked to go camping in the taiga overnight, practiced sports.
After finishing school, he entered the Kacha Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots in Volgograd. Thus began a new page in Valeriy's life, which connected him with this city. He served as a military pilot. After 12 years in the army, he worked for many years as a design engineer.
In 1984, Valeriy married Marina, a teacher by profession. The spouses brought up two sons. In his spare time Valeriy likes to do landscape design and repair work around the house. In the 1990s, Valeriy discovered the astounding wisdom of the Bible and since then has tried to live up to its high moral standards.
In May 2019, a court sent four peaceful Volgograd citizens to prison, all the "guilt" of which was to confess the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. Valeriy Rogozin was among them. The 7.5 months he spent in the pre-trial detention center drastically undermined his health so that he needed long-term treatment.
"Valeriy's relatives, neighbors, employees and former coworkers are outraged by the unfair arrest and worry about us," said his wife Marina.