Vadim was detained on July 27, 2021, near his home in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official."
It is also known that Vadim wrote a book about the protests.
In October 2021, he was found guilty of two criminal charges for a series of comments left in the "KYKY Backstage" Telegram channel chat between April and June 2021 and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type facility.
Vadim left Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
27.07.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
29.10.2021
Trial outcome 29.10.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 300 basic values fine, 1000 rubles of compensation, court of the Soviet district of Minsk
29.10.2021
Status change
Released pending appeal
~20.11.2021
Status change
Forced emigration
02.12.2024
Regime change trial 02.12.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia), court of the Soviet district of Minsk
