Vitaly was arrested on September 29, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.
As the preliminary investigation established, from July to September 2021, Vitaly allegedly used his mobile phone to post several publications on the Telegram messenger containing deliberately false information about Lukashenko's activities.
The political prisoner's trial began on November 18, 2022; the decision is pending.
In March 2023, Vitaly was tried again, this time for "insulting a government official," with the outcome also unknown.
