A member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group Dmytra Ivashkov was detained on September 27, 2020.

He, as well as

and

were accused of "mass riots" and plans to "seize the executive committee".

On May 4, 2021, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

He served his sentence in Mogilev Correctional Colony No. 15.

At the beginning of December, communication with the political prisoner disappeared, and later it turned out that he was placed in a penal institution for 20 days.

Prior to that, during the year of his imprisonment, he was sent to a penal institution 8 times.

Then he was sent to a cell-type facility for a month as a "malignant violator of the regime."

In January, a trial was held in Mogilev to strengthen Dmitriy's prison regime.

The court decided to transfer him to the prison regime for three years.