Taxi driver. According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was detained for comments on social networks. In the "repentant video," the Belarusian says that he participated in protests in 2020, and from 2020 to mid-2023, he left more than 2,000 "offensive comments" in chats about Lukashenko, prosecutors, and police officers. Sergei's arm was broken during his arrest. He was kept in a punishment cell on Okrestina for 35 days with a broken arm. The head of the temporary detention facility expressed a biased attitude specifically towards him, through a "commentary" article.
An appeal against the verdict will be heard on August 2, 2024.
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).
