Detained in a criminal case related to "extremist activity."
His common-law wife Vera Kanonenko is also in pre-trial detention .
According to the investigation , the defendants in the case were couriers for the BYSOL initiative, "their tasks included receiving and transferring money to other members of the organization, distributing it to meet the needs of participants in illegal protest and extremist activities."
He is expected to be released in February-March 2026.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
