Since the end of October 2022, the man was held in custody, a month later he was transferred to house arrest. After the verdict of the district court, they were taken into custody again.
A criminal case was opened because of the incident with the national flag of the Republic of Belarus.
According to the prosecution, one day a company of 5 people gathered on the porch of the village council in Obrovo (Ivatsevichi district), among those gathered was Alexey. The guys were drinking and suddenly Alexey decided to climb up the drainpipe and remove the national flag. At the same time, the man broke the pipe, and put the flag on the porch. A girl from the same company raised a flag and put it against the wall.
Representatives of the prosecution qualified this story as an outrage against the national flag of the Republic of Belarus.
In the fall of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
