Aliaksandr worked as a reserve train conductor at the Gomel branch of the Belarusian Railway. On 31 March 2022, he was detained right at work; his phone was searched, a report for distributing "extremist materials" was drawn up, and he was then placed under administrative arrest.
He was not released after the arrest: a criminal case was opened over a video of a Russian military column that Aliaksandr had sent to the Telegram channel "Belaruski Hayun" before the authorities declared the channel "extremist". He was held in custody until the trial.
In July 2022, he was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "Facilitating extremist activity" for this video and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. Aliaksandr did not plead guilty.
Released in January 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
