In August 2020, during the post-election protests, Mikalai was detained in Minsk and sentenced to administrative arrest.
On 3 March 2022, in the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he was detained again. According to pro-government Telegram channels, the reason was his participation in protests and comments in Telegram channels. Mikalai was again sentenced to administrative arrest. Nothing is known about his further fate.
