Andrei was charged with "insulting Lukashenko" and "desecrating state symbols." According to investigators, on January 22, 2021, he posted an image of Lukashenko in military uniform against a swastika on Odnoklassniki, along with a statement about the government's embrace of Nazi ideology and its undemocratic nature. His page also published an image of the Belarusian national flag within a swastika, freely viewable and copyable by users. This was classified as desecration of the flag.
Andrey was arrested on September 28, 2022, convicted in November 2022, and sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral. It is unknown whether he was held in pretrial detention or where he served his sentence.
