Andrey, a lawyer, was first detained on the night of August 9-10, 2020, beaten and placed in the Zhodino temporary detention facility for three days, after which he was convicted under an administrative article.
On October 25, 2020, after another rally, he was detained again by GUBOPiK officers. Andrey spent three days in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina, and then a criminal case was opened against him under the article "Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
According to the prosecution, he joined a group of citizens, shouted slogans with obscene language, clapped his hands, moved along the roadway, waved his arms and a white-red-white flag. The court sentenced him to restriction of freedom with direction. Minsktrans filed a lawsuit for 62,096 rubles 66 kopecks. Andrey's accounts were frozen, property was seized.
On December 9, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
