Ua hoʻoholo nā mana Estonian ʻaʻole e hoʻolōʻihi i ka palapala noho o Metropolitan Yevgeniy (inoa maoli ʻo Valery Reshetnikov), ke poʻo o ka Estonian Orthodox Church ma lalo o ka Moscow Patriarchate (ROC-MP), ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ERR, e hōʻike ana i ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Border Guard.
ʻO Indrek Aru, ke poʻo o ka Border Guard Bureau o ka Northern Prefecture (ke kapikala ʻo Tallinn), wehewehe i ka hoʻoholo ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me nā mana, ua hōʻike ʻo Reshetnikov i kāna mau hana lehulehu e kākoʻo i nā hana a Rūsia ma Ukraine.
"ʻOiai ʻo nā ʻōlelo aʻo mua, ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻo Reshetnikov i kāna ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole i kūlike me nā waiwai a kūpono ʻole no ke kahua kānāwai Estonia. No laila, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Reshetnikov he mea hoʻoweliweli i ka palekana o ka mokuʻāina, "wahi a ka lawelawe paʻi mākaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena ua noʻonoʻo lākou i ka hana a Metropolitan Yevgeniy ma ke ʻano he ʻelele o ka Moscow Patriarchate ma Estonia. Hoʻopau ʻia kāna palapala noho ma Pepeluali 6. Wahi a nā luna, "no ka mea ʻaʻohe kumu o Reshetnikov e noho ai ma ka ʻāina, e like me nā ʻohana pili i Estonia, pono ʻo ia e haʻalele iā Estonia ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna palapala noho."
Ua noho ʻo Metropolitan Yevgeniy ma Estonia ma ke kumu o kahi palapala noho manawaleʻa no nā makahiki ʻehā. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi palapala noho pōkole, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻelua mau makahiki ʻelua. ʻO ka hana hou ʻana he ʻelua makahiki i hala, ma mua koke o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua.
I ʻOkakopa 2022, ua hāʻawi nā luna Estonia iā Metropolitan Yevgeniy i ʻelua lā palena e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai kona luna kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Rūsia Patriarch Kirill, ma muli o kāna ʻōlelo ʻino ʻana e hele ana nā Lūkini i make i ke kaua me Ukraine i ka lani. A i ʻole, hoʻoweliweli lākou e hoʻihoʻi iā ia. A laila ua ʻike ʻia kahi leka ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Estonian Metropolitanate, a ua pane ʻo ia i nā luna a hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai ke kūlana o Patriarch Kirill. Ma hope iki naʻe, ua wehe ʻia ka leka mai ka ʻaoʻao hale pule.
ʻO Metropolitan Yevgeniy (b. 1957 ma Kazakhstan) he pelekikena lōʻihi o ke Kōmike Hoʻonaʻauao o ka ROC-MP a me ka rector o ka Moscow Theological Seminary and Academy (1995-2018).
