Evgeny first studied in Russia, at the Magnitogorsk Industrial and Pedagogical College, and then at the Belarusian Commercial University of Management. Evgeny has a minor son.
Volykhin runs his own business. For over 20 years, he has been manufacturing and installing PVC windows, balcony frames, and other similar structures.
On social media, the man expresses nostalgia for the USSR, reposts about the "heroes of Novorossiya," and criticizes the Russian authorities. In his comments, he calls Ukrainian journalist Gordon a condom, Ukrainians "khokhols," and so on, and Zelensky a drug addict. However, his pages also contained criticism of Lukashenko.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).


