In July 2021 he was arrested for alleged debts of the newspaper to the electric company, estimated damage amounted to 10,000 Belarusian rubles ($3000).

On September 23, 2020, he was detained for three days for alleged defamation of the MVD vice minister Alexander Barsukou [ru], his apartment was searched.

Marcinovič as the NN chief editor was taken responsible for alleged defamation in the published interview, where a former prisoner of a detention centre claimed to be beaten by Barsukou.

[8] Later Marcinovič was charged under part 2 of Art.216 of the Belarusian Criminal Code for alleged NN debts to the "Minenergo" company.

According to the police, the NN failed to pay utility bills for 4 years and damaged the company by 3500 thousand Belarusian roubles.

[7] On March 15, 2022, Marcinovič and Skurko were sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for estimated material damage of 10,000 Belarusian rubles (US$3,000) to Minenergo.