Vladimir was convicted in 2021 for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki—"...we need to kick this scum out..."—addressing traffic police inspector and police major Andrei Bagryonok, who actively participated in the beating of peaceful protesters in Svetlogorsk on August 9–10, 2020.
Released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
