Artem was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In November 2021, he was found guilty of standing in a group of vehicles on Lenin Street, stepping onto the roadway on Nezavisimosti Avenue, and several other streets during a protest in Minsk on September 6, 2020.
For some time, Artem was undergoing compulsory treatment due to his mental state.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
