On November 27, 2023, and again on December 11, 2023, Dmitrywas arrested and convicted under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity). Judges: Artem Podolyanets and Nikolai Kmita.
He was held in the temporary detention facility of the Baranovichi District Department of Internal Affairs. A criminal case was subsequently opened, and he was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 in Brest. His wife, Oksana Viktorovna Molochko, was also convicted. They were sentenced to 12 and 8 years for "treason," but in fact, for photographing a train with military equipment on the platform, without any espionage intent.
Before his arrest, he was engaged in handicrafts and was self-employed.
