Pro-government channels posted "repentant videos" in which Pavel says he worked for the Security Department until 2018 and was arrested for submitting the personal data of Department employees to the "Black Book of Belarus." He obtained the data from a telephone directory.
He left behind a wife and small children (1 year and 3 years old) at home.
On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
