Alexey was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In March 2022, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
