Biography
In June 2021, a civilian resident of the small town of Alatyr in the middle Volga region faced groundless persecution for his belief in Jehovah God. A criminal case was initiated against Mikhail Yermakov under an extremist article.
Mikhail was born in October 1962 in Alatyr (Chuvashia). He has an older sister. His mother is a disabled person of group I, his father is no longer alive. As a child, Mikhail loved to be in nature, pick mushrooms, fish.
Mikhail graduated from the Alatyr Technological College. He worked as an installer of steel and reinforced concrete structures, and then as a 5th category blower in the wood chemical industry.
In 1990, Mikhail moved to Stavropol, where he worked at the Analogue electronic materials and devices plant. For some time he lived in Novocheboksarsk and Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky.
In 1996, Mikhail embarked on the Christian path. In the Bible, he was impressed by the logic of the presentation of events, the fulfillment of prophecies, and the scientific accuracy of this book.
In 2007, Mikhail returned to Alatyr to take care of his elderly father and help him with the housework, got a job as a janitor. Mikhail loves to grow flowers, berries, vegetables and pick mushrooms.
The criminal prosecution affected Mikhail's health: due to unfounded accusations and threats from the security forces, his heart disease worsened. Also, the believer faces financial difficulties, because due to calls to the investigator during working hours, he loses part of his salary.
Mikhail's relatives worry about him and consider the criminal prosecution groundless and unfair.