Biography
In July 2025, the Suslov family including their one-year-old child were forced to return to Kurgan, which is 1700 kilometers from their home — Igor was summoned for interrogation by the Investigative Committee because of his faith. The family had to leave their usual way of life: home, garden, work.
Igor Suslov was born in October 1979 in Kurgan. He has an older sister. His father worked as a foreman at an automobile repair plant, and his mother worked as an engineer in the planning department of the same enterprise. Now she is retired. His father died during the pandemic.
Since childhood, Igor loved hiking outdoors, especially skiing in the forest in winter with his father. He gained a sense of beauty from his mother's hobby of growing flowers. During his school years, he liked photography and attended a military-sports training club.
As a teenager, Igor got involved with bad company, which led to alcohol and drug abuse. As a result, he was sent to an evening school.
In 1994, Igor's mother began studying the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses, and later the whole family joined her. Igor said: "The changes in my life began when I read a book about the creation of life. After that, I took the Bible from my parents, began to study it and realized that I was wrong in many ways. I gave up bad habits and bad association; found real friends and real joy in life." Igor found answers to questions that had troubled him since childhood. In 1998, he was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Igor trained as an electrician and worked in this capacity in various organizations. At the same time, he was working as a portrait photographer. From 2005, he completed 3.5 years of alternative civilian service in a neuropsychiatric clinic.
Igor met his wife, Irina, in 2012 in Gorno-Altaysk. They got married in August 2015. Irina is a tailor and pet groomer. In April 2024, the couple had a daughter. The family loves spending time outdoors, traveling, skiing and cycling.
The prosecution of Igor for his faith in God had a heavy impact on the elderly parents of the Suslovs. Igor required medication to help him cope with the stress.