Mikhail, a Gomel resident and native of Kazakhstan, was arrested in Russia in October 2021 on charges of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and placed in pretrial detention.
On May 3, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights barred Russian authorities from extraditing Mikhail to Belarus; his lawyer, Roza Magomedova (Civic Assistance), notified state authorities of this. He was scheduled to be released, as his detention period was set to expire on May 14, 2022. However, at 10:00 a.m. on May 13, 2022, he was forcibly extradited to Belarus, a grave violation of international law.
In August 2022, Mikhail was convicted of participating in post-election protests that took place in 2020 in Gomel and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence.
