Abasemagunyeni base-Estonia baye bagqiba ekubeni bangawandisi imvume yokuhlala ka-Metropolitan Yevgeniy (igama lokwenyani uValery Reshetnikov), intloko yeCawa yase-Estonian Orthodox phantsi kwe-Moscow Patriarchate (ROC-MP), i-ERR yabika, icaphula iPolisa kunye ne-Border Guard Directorate.
U-Indrek Aru, intloko ye-Border Guard Bureau ye-Northern Prefecture (i-capital Tallinn), ichaza isigqibo ngokuba, ngokutsho kwabasemagunyeni, u-Reshetnikov wavakalisa kwimisebenzi yakhe yoluntu inkxaso yezenzo zaseRashiya e-Ukraine.
"Nangona izilumkiso zangaphambili, uReshetnikov akazange atshintshe intetho yakhe, engahambelani nemilinganiselo kwaye engafanelekanga kwinkundla yezomthetho yase-Estonia. Ke ngoko, iReshetnikov yamkelwa njengesoyikiso kukhuseleko lukarhulumente, ”yatsho inkonzo yamapolisa.
Iofisi yachaza ukuba bawucingela umsebenzi kaMetropolitan uYevgeniy njengommeli woBukhosi baseMoscow e-Estonia. Iphepha-mvume lakhe lokuhlala kweli lizwe liphela ngoFebruwari 6. Ngokutsho kwabasemagunyeni, “ekubeni uReshetnikov engenasizathu sokuhlala kweli lizwe, njengezalamane ezisondeleyo e-Estonia, kuza kufuneka emke e-Estonia emva kokuphelelwa kwephepha-mvume lakhe lokuhlala kwelo lizwe.”
UMetropolitan uYevgeniy wayehlala e-Estonia ngokufumana imvume yokuhlala okwexeshana iminyaka emine iyonke. Wanikwa imvume yokuhlala efinyeziweyo, okt kabini iminyaka emibini. Uhlaziyo lokugqibela lwaluyiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kungekudala ngaphambi kokuqhambuka kwemfazwe.
Ngo-Oktobha 2022, abasemagunyeni base-Estonia banika uMetropolitan Yevgeniy umnyinyiva weentsuku ezimbini zokuba azikhwebule kuSolusapho waseRashiya, uKirill, ngenxa yentetho yakhe embi yokuba amaRashiya abulawa kwimfazwe yaseUkraine aza kuya ezulwini. Kungenjalo, bamgrogrisa ngokumkhupha. Kwandula ke kwavela ileta kwiphepha le-Estonian Metropolitanate, awathi ngayo waphendula kwabasemagunyeni waza wazikhwebula kwisikhundla sikaPatriarch Kirill. Noko ke, kamva, le leta yasuswa kwiphepha lecawa.
U-Metropolitan Yevgeniy (b. 1957 eKazakhstan) wayengusihlalo wexesha elide weKomiti yeMfundo ye-ROC-MP kunye nomphathi we-Moscow Theological Seminary and Academy (1995-2018).