Biography
Andrey Kozhushko, who is disabled, faced criminal prosecution for his faith in April 2023, when the house where he lives with his mother was searched.
Andrey was born in November 1975 in the village of Georgiyevka (Kazakhstan). In 1985, he moved with his mother to the Russian village of Taezhnyi (urban district of the closed city of Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Region).
As a child, Andrey liked skiing, played chess; in the summer he liked to go fishing and picking mushrooms in the forest. After school, he trained as a car mechanic. The young man was not called for military service due to his disability.
Reading the Bible, Andrey found that it explains in a simple and understandable language the origin of the world and the purpose of human life, and he also liked the Bible teaching that God will put an end to injustice and evil. In 1994, he and his mother became Jehovah's Witnesses. He still enjoys reading Bible stories about the faithful servants of God from the past.
Andrey is into computer technology and cars. He also enjoys watching informative videos about animals. Due to his disability, he cannot work in his profession.
The criminal prosecution changed the lives of Andrey Kozhushko and his retired mother. The stress they suffered has particularly affected her health.