Sergei was arrested on July 15, 2021, and convicted nine times in a row under the administrative offense of "disseminating information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity" for forwarding messages from Telegram channels to each other with his wife.
The ninth court hearing took place on November 5, 2021, and Sergei was sentenced to another 15 days of detention. However, despite the detention orders, the evening after the court hearing, Sergei and his wife, Anastasia, were released from the temporary detention facility without explanation.
Sergei received a total of 127 days of arrest. He left Belarus shortly thereafter.
