On 13 September 2020, during the "March of Heroes", a protest took place in Brest: people sang and danced in a circle at a crossroads until they were dispersed with a water cannon. The criminal case opened after it became known as the "round dance case", and by May 2022 more than a hundred people had been convicted in it.
Besides taking part in the protest, Liudmila was accused of leaving an insulting comment on Telegram about Major General Vadim Denisenko. It was he who in August 2020 ordered army units to be used against protesters in Brest.
In May 2022, Liudmila was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the articles "Organisation and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them" and "Insulting a representative of the authorities" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In February 2025, a court considered replacing her "chemistry" with a harsher punishment. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
She was presumably released in the spring of 2025 after serving her full sentence.
