Ilya was detained by security forces in August 2024 for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Brest in August 2020. A video appeared on a pro-government Telegram channel in which Ilya says that on August 10, 2020, he "stupidly went to Brest." He said he went out onto the roadway where "people were throwing stones, setting off fireworks, and building barricades." He also stated that he was at the protest with a friend who was already "serving a sentence."
In December 2024, Ilya was convicted under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
