Biography
On June 11, 2019 law enforcers in the Bryansk region conducted a large-scale operation against believers. As a result, a resident of Novozybkov Olga Silayeva was placed in a detention center, where she spent 8 months. Later, she was convicted along with three other believers under an extremist article. After the verdict came into force on 28 October 2020, Olga had to stay in Bryansk for six months due to restriction of her freedom.
Olga was born in 1988 in the village of Davydovo, Moscow region. She has two older brothers. As a child, she went to a theater club. She graduated with honors from a technical school as a heat engineer and worked as an engineer in the production and technical department.
Since childhood, Olga loves reading, active recreation, soccer, volleyball, making handicrafts and gifts with her own hands, inventing contests and games for children. Olga learns to draw.
Olga first heard about the Bible from her mother. Reading the Holy Scriptures convinced the girl that she had finally found the truth. "In my young years, the authority of the Bible was not questioned," says Olga. "For me, all basic truths were clear and logical. Since 2000, she decided to live by biblical standards together with her mother and brother.
After the searches, Olga had a fear. She says: "Now I live with the thought that at any moment everything can be repeated again". Staying in the detention center has seriously affected her emotional and physical health. Relatives cannot understand why a law-abiding girl, from whom there is no threat, was found guilty of extremist activities. After the verdict of conviction came into legal force on October 28, 2020 Olga had to stay in Bryansk for at least six months due to restriction of her freedom.