Igor was arrested in March 2024 and found guilty in the fall of that year under the article “participation in mass riots.”
A pro-government channel showed his arrest: at least five armed security officers wearing body armor and helmets arrived at Igor's apartment. They threw the Brest resident, wearing only his underwear, to the floor. In the video, the detainee says he was in a "linkage" on Sovetskaya Street in Brest.
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.
