Andrei is registered in the urban settlement of Ushachi (Vitebsk region), but in recent years he lived and worked in Russia. On September 23, 2022, he was detained in Moscow and placed in custody because Belarusian security forces put Andrei Nikolaevich on the international wanted list.
As was announced at the court in Brest, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office refused to extradite Protasevich to Belarus due to the absence of a crime in his actions under Russian law.
However, he was expelled from Russia under the procedure of "violation of migration legislation" and transferred to Belarus. In Belarus, Andrei Nikolaevich has been in custody since November 7, 2022. He was sentenced to three months of arrest for a comment on social networks.
It is known that Andrei had another trial, under Article 368 Part 1 (insulting Lukashenko). The outcome is unknown.
April 2, 2024 Andrey had his appeal reviewed. It is known that Andrey began serving his sentence.
In January 2025, he was released after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
