Andrei was arrested and found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko." According to the prosecution, on April 8, 2021, while intoxicated, he used obscene language toward Lukashenko at the Molodechno District Police Department.
It is known that another court hearing was held against Andrei, following which, in addition to imprisonment in a penal colony, the court sentenced the political prisoner to another year of labor rehabilitation, which he must serve after his release from the penal colony.
According to human rights activists, Andrei was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence.
