In late January 2022, Mikhail and his wife Krystsina were detained in a criminal case over participation in the 2020 protests in Minsk. Mikhail was held in a pre-trial detention center until the trial.
In April 2022, Mikhail was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "Organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility. He was released in the courtroom.
Mikhail later left Belarus.
In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia on toughening his punishment was held under special proceedings.
