Dmitry's arrest became known on March 7.
Dmitry was tried for comments he made between November 2019 and January 2024 in Telegram chats and on his YouTube channel. The court found that these comments incited ethnic and other social hatred and discord.
The man also left comments insulting police officers, journalists, government officials, and Alexander Lukashenko. In September 2020, he participated in protests.
Students from the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno were invited to attend the verdict handed down by the Grodno Regional Court in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Grodno.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
