Viktor was first detained on September 27, 2020, during one of the protests in Gomel. In the detention center, he was informed that a criminal case had been opened for "resisting police officers." The case was soon closed, but the prosecutor's office sent it for additional investigation, as a result of which the charges were reclassified. Viktor was taken into custody again on June 17, 2021.
In September of the same year, he was found guilty of “violence or threat of violence against a police officer” and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
In April 2022, the court additionally found him guilty of "participation in actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced him to another year and a half in prison. By partially adding up the sentences, the final term was 3.5 years in a maximum security penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
