Jansy,
Thank you. So I simply should have looked up Boyd
(the source, no doubt, of the author of the Russian biographical piece
found in the net), instead of trying to identify VDN's potential
foe via Google!
The correct way to "refer" to Timofey Pnin in
public would be to say "Mr Pnin" or "Timofey Pnin," and if you happen to
meet a Timofey Pnin, you can address him, politely and corteous, by
name-and-patronymic.
best,
Alexey