Biography
Vladimir Manushakyan became a defendant in a criminal case for extremism in the summer of 2019. This happened to him only because of his religion. On December 13, 2022, he died while the investigation was ongoing.
Vladimir was born in 1970 in the village of Bezhano, Akhalkalaki Region of Georgia. He had a younger brother. As a child, Vladimir was fond of boxing and bodybuilding, loved football, played in football clubs in Moscow (teams “Zavod ‘Fraser’" and "Podshipnik").
Vladimir was fond of drawing and making items from polymer clay; he liked to make gifts for friends. He graduated from a vocational college as a milling machine operator. Vladimir loved spending time with his wife, Irina, whom he married in 2000. Friends knew him as a sociable and friendly person.
Deciding to study the Bible, Vladimir was surprised at the positive results of applying Bible knowledge. For more than two decades, for Vladimir the Bible was not just a book, but an instruction for life from a loving Creator.