The case of Spirichev in Vyselki Viktor Spirichev

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The case of Spirichev in Vyselki

Viktor Spirichev

Updated: August 14, 2023


Name: Spirichev, Viktor Nikolayevich

Date of Birth: March 6, 1980

Current status: accused

Article of the Russian Criminal Code: 282.2(2)

Current restrictions: recognizance agreement


Biography


In May 2023, a year after the mass searches in the Kuban that affected at least 51 people, law enforcement officers opened a criminal case against Viktor Spirichev only because of his faith.


Viktor was born in 1980 in the village of Samoded (Arkhangelsk Region) in a family of railway workers. He has a younger half-sister. The elder brother died.


As a child, Viktor was fond of drawing, graduated from a children's art school. Together with his father and brother, he often went hunting and fishing in the forest. In his spare time he liked to read. In 1991, together with his parents, he moved to live in the Kuban in the village of Vyselki.


After school, Viktor graduated from the courses of railway foremen, worked as a fitter on the railway, as a sales assistant, and then became an individual entrepreneur. Recently, he has been self-employed in the field of construction and repair. As a hobby, he grows vegetables. 


From 1998 to 2000, Viktor did his military service. After the army, he began to study the Bible, as he wanted to do the right thing and avoid mistakes in life. Viktor came to the conclusion that this is possible through obedience to God, so in 2022 he decided to dedicate his life to him, becoming a Christian.


In 2009, Viktor married Larisa. She is a nurse by profession, but has not worked lately, she is a disabled person of the II disability group. Spouses have common values that unite the family. Together they love to travel and discover new places.


Having been prosecuted, Viktor experienced stress, and his family does not understand why their loved one had to face this.


Criminal case


Region:

Krasnodar Territory

Locality:

Vyselki

Case number:

12302030079000041

Initiated:

May 23, 2023

Current stage of the case:

Preliminary investigation

Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

282.2(2)

case history

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