Biography
Artem Repin faced violence from law enforcement officers during a search in January 2025. Because of his religious beliefs, the believer was placed in a pre-trial detention center. The man has a heart defect, and his health has deteriorated from stress.
Artem Repin was born in October 1993 in the city of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk Region. He has a younger sister. Their mother, a history and music teacher, works as a clerk. His father, a bricklayer by profession, worked for many years at a construction site. He considers himself a deeply religious man and currently lives in a monastery.
As a child, Artem was a versatile child: he was fond of football, volleyball, table tennis, chess, judo and boxing. He also played in the youth football team for the Yekaterinburg club „Ural".
Artem graduated from the Kyshtym Radiomechanical College, where he received the specialty of PC technician. In his student years, he played in the team of humor. After graduation, the young man worked as a cash register repair technician. During the coronavirus pandemic, he and his wife worked together cleaning riser blocks of flats.
In the first grade of school, Artem read a textbook on the history of the ancient world for the fifth grade. His interest in the subject arose thanks to his mother. Later, this hobby prompted him to read the Bible. According to Artem, from the age of 5 he had a fear of death. When his mother began to study the Scriptures, she told him that, according to the Bible, God does not want people to die, and they have hope for a wonderful future. In the summer of 2009, Artem was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
In February 2019, Artem married Yelena, a preschool teacher. Yelena is a believer. At one time, she liked that Jehovah's Witnesses sincerely care about people, especially the disabled, the deaf, the blind, and the seriously ill. Yelena is fond of needlework, sometimes organizes children's parties. The couple loves to visit and watch movies with their relatives. They also like to follow the World Chess Championships.
Relatives and friends are worried about what is happening. They cannot believe that such a peace-loving and sympathetic person was considered dangerous to society. When the believer ended up in the pre-trial detention center, Artem and Yelena again began to write poems to each other, as they did during the courtship period.