Evgenii Pinchuk (hieromonk Nikandr)
54 yr old (born in 07.12.1971)
Address: 620019 Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Репина, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Пинчук Евгений Игоревич, 1971 г.р.
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A clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Of Russia under the omophorion of Metropolitan Agafangel (a breakaway church that does not recognise the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate). In June 2022, a case was brought against Nikandr for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because he called the actions of the Russian military "an invasion". On 17 October 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.
On 17 October 2025, Nikandr was taken into custody on a criminal case on public justification of terrorism. He called the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps, Denis Nikitin, "a cool guy" and expressed "respect" to him. On 10 March 2026, the cleric was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
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Address: 620019 Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Репина, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Пинчук Евгений Игоревич, 1971 г.р.
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