Alexey was arrested and convicted of weapons possession and allegedly preparing to commit mass riots with their use. In an interview, he stated that he only pleaded guilty to weapons possession and did not understand why the trial was held behind closed doors. Alexey called the charge of preparing to commit riots a "witch hunt."
At the end of December 2021, it became known that Alexei's punishment had been increased and he had been transferred to a prison regime.
In the winter of 2024, a political prisoner was tried on a new criminal charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration." This article is used to try prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration for fictitious violations.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
