Artem is a Ukrainian citizen who has lived in Belarus since 2009 and in recent years worked as a DJ in Brest, Kobrin, and Minsk.
According to his mother, Artyom was summoned to the migration service in January 2023 and asked to undergo a polygraph test. Soon after, unknown individuals in civilian clothes came to his home, and on January 27, he stopped responding. His mother repeatedly contacted the KGB, but she was not informed of the reasons for his detention, only that Artyom "posed a threat to the Republic of Belarus."
In May 2024, he was convicted of “intelligence activity” and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
