According to the prosecution, on December 31, 2022, Vladimir posted a negative, obscene comment in a closed public chat on the social network VKontakte under a graphic image of Lukashenko. The content of the comment is unknown to human rights activists.
At the court hearing, he fully admitted his guilt and refused to testify. Until the trial, he was under a travel restriction. He was also known to have been repeatedly charged with administrative offences for "disseminating extremist materials."
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2025, having fully served his sentence.
