State TV reported on the details of the trials of the two men (Borisov Vadim Sergeevich and Volk Oleg Aleksandrovich). The voiceover said that one of the men, drunk, tore a state flag off a store on the evening of September 8, 2023 in the village of Novaya Mysh (Baranovichi district), damaging the fastening. He put the flag in a backpack and took it home. The police came for the man in the morning.
On 19.01.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on June 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
