Alexander was convicted for a comment on Instagram on the channel "Typical Vitebsk" addressed to the PPS sergeant Vitaly Shnyavin, and sentenced to restriction of freedom with direction. He managed to leave Belarus before the start of serving his sentence.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Alexander to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
09.07.2021
Trial outcome 09.07.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 32 rubles of compensation, court of Pervomaisky district of Vitebsk
~29.08.2021
Status change
Forced emigration
10.09.2021
Appeal 10.09.2021
the sentence was upheld
29.01.2025
Regime change trial 29.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia), court of the Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk