Kim, a member of the Dzeya public movement's council, was arrested on November 3, 2020, in a criminal case opened under several articles, including "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In January 2022, he was convicted of hacking the Minsk City Executive Committee's computer system.
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.
