Alexander was found guilty of insulting Vladimir Kozlovsky, a police officer from Grodno who fell during a scuffle on May 29, 2020, at a picket to collect signatures for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's nomination as a presidential candidate. According to the prosecution, Andrei left a comment on the social media site Odnoklassniki containing an abusive insult directed at Kozlovsky, degrading the honor and dignity of a government official.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
