Biography
In April 2021, 38-year-old Anna Yermak, the mother of two young children, was searched. For 3 hours the security forces tried to find items and documents confirming her involvement in “extremism”.
Anna was born in 1982 in the village of Kholmskaya (Krasnodar Krai). Her father worked in the oil industry, her mother is a graphic designer, currently retired. As a child, Anna was fond of drawing, gymnastics, and loved to skate.
After school, Anna graduated from the Kuban State University, where she received a degree in accounting, analysis and auditing. She lived in different cities: in Strezhevoy (Tomsk region), Krasnodar and others. Later she decided to move closer to her elderly mother and grandmother.
Already in adolescence, Anna thought about the transience and meaning of life. She was also worried about the turbulent world and the suffering of the people. After getting acquainted with the Bible, Anna learned that death and suffering were not part of the Creator's plan. She was impressed that God is not indifferent to what is happening on earth. “The realization that God had everything under control brought me peace of mind,” she recalls.
Anna met her future husband Maksim in 2000 in Krasnodar. They got married two years later. Maxim is a professional football player, works as a deputy director of a sports complex and a children's football coach. The couple loves listening to music, gardening, playing sports and traveling. Anna is also fond of handicrafts. The family brings up two sons: the elder is 12 years old, and the younger is 10 months old.
The criminal prosecution affected Anna's health: due to constant stress, her chronic illness worsened. The believer often has to leave a nursing child without maternal attention and care in order to deal with matters related to the investigation.
Anna's relatives are very worried about her. Mother and 95-year-old grandmother often cry and cannot believe that this could happen. Anna's spouse is outraged by the incident and considers this persecution a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion.