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Mikhail Svetov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Svetov (Russian: Михаи́л Влади́мирович Све́тов; born January 4, 1985) is a Russian politician, public figure, political scientist, and blogger. He serves as the chairman of the civil society movement "Civil Society". Svetov is one of the main ideologists and popularizers of libertarianism in Russia. He has organized major rallies on various political and public topics. Svetov runs a YouTube channel and an online newspaper, both entitled "SVTV".
Svetov was born in Moscow to medical students. Svetov describes his family as being classical liberals when he was growing up. According to him, his distant relative was the Belarusian artist Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya. From the third grade on, he was homeschooled by his family, with the exception of one year spent at Appleby College in Canada at the age of 15. In 2004, when he was 19 years old, Svetov almost joined the National Bolshevik Party.
From 2004 to 2006, Svetov studied at the Russian State University for the Humanities. From there, he transferred to the University of Nottingham and graduated in 2009 with a degree in Political Science. According to his own statement, Svetov is fluent in English, French and Japanese.
In the UK, Svetov began blogging in LiveJournal. The first mention of libertarianism appeared on his blog in 2005 when Svetov was 20 years old. Although, as the politician claims, he has always been an "ardent libertarian." Shortly before leaving for Japan, while in Moscow, Svetov joined the Libertarian Party.
In 2010, Svetov left for Japan where he learned Japanese and also sold souvenirs on the Internet. It was there that Svetov first invested in Bitcoin, which became the key to his material well-being. In 2011 Svetov was interviewed as an eyewitness by Russia-1 about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
In 2016, he graduated from the New Zealand Film Academy. A short film, "Jackpot", was written by Svetov and released in New Zealand, winning first place in the state script competition and receiving sponsorship for a feature length adaptation. For some time, Svetov worked in the film industry. He has participated in the production of the unreleased film Icaria.
In 2016, after returning to Russia from Japan, Svetov began his socio-political activities. He helped in the election campaign of Vera Kichanova and Andrei Shalnev. Helped with the organization of the eighth readings of Adam Smith. He organized the visit of Director of the Cato Institute Peter Goetler to read. He organized meetings and helped with the translation of the speeches of foreign guests.
Svetov was the organizer of opposition rallies: “For Free Internet” on August 26, 2017, a rally against the blocking of Telegram in Russia on April 30, 2018, a rally against pension reform on July 29, 2018. He initiated a public campaign against the "law of Klishas" on the “sovereign Internet” and launched a petition against the adoption of this law, which collected 122 thousand signatures. Svetov also became one of the organizers of the rally in defense of the Internet in Moscow on March 10, 2019, and also spoke at it. Similar rallies also took place in Khabarovsk and Voronezh. After that, the Kremlin’s Telegram channels began to spread an “investigation” about the fact that the real customer of the rally was the video blogger PewDiePie.
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Mikhail Svetov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Svetov (Russian: Михаи́л Влади́мирович Све́тов; born January 4, 1985) is a Russian politician, public figure, political scientist, and blogger. He serves as the chairman of the civil society movement "Civil Society". Svetov is one of the main ideologists and popularizers of libertarianism in Russia. He has organized major rallies on various political and public topics. Svetov runs a YouTube channel and an online newspaper, both entitled "SVTV".
Svetov was born in Moscow to medical students. Svetov describes his family as being classical liberals when he was growing up. According to him, his distant relative was the Belarusian artist Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya. From the third grade on, he was homeschooled by his family, with the exception of one year spent at Appleby College in Canada at the age of 15. In 2004, when he was 19 years old, Svetov almost joined the National Bolshevik Party.
From 2004 to 2006, Svetov studied at the Russian State University for the Humanities. From there, he transferred to the University of Nottingham and graduated in 2009 with a degree in Political Science. According to his own statement, Svetov is fluent in English, French and Japanese.
In the UK, Svetov began blogging in LiveJournal. The first mention of libertarianism appeared on his blog in 2005 when Svetov was 20 years old. Although, as the politician claims, he has always been an "ardent libertarian." Shortly before leaving for Japan, while in Moscow, Svetov joined the Libertarian Party.
In 2010, Svetov left for Japan where he learned Japanese and also sold souvenirs on the Internet. It was there that Svetov first invested in Bitcoin, which became the key to his material well-being. In 2011 Svetov was interviewed as an eyewitness by Russia-1 about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
In 2016, he graduated from the New Zealand Film Academy. A short film, "Jackpot", was written by Svetov and released in New Zealand, winning first place in the state script competition and receiving sponsorship for a feature length adaptation. For some time, Svetov worked in the film industry. He has participated in the production of the unreleased film Icaria.
In 2016, after returning to Russia from Japan, Svetov began his socio-political activities. He helped in the election campaign of Vera Kichanova and Andrei Shalnev. Helped with the organization of the eighth readings of Adam Smith. He organized the visit of Director of the Cato Institute Peter Goetler to read. He organized meetings and helped with the translation of the speeches of foreign guests.
Svetov was the organizer of opposition rallies: “For Free Internet” on August 26, 2017, a rally against the blocking of Telegram in Russia on April 30, 2018, a rally against pension reform on July 29, 2018. He initiated a public campaign against the "law of Klishas" on the “sovereign Internet” and launched a petition against the adoption of this law, which collected 122 thousand signatures. Svetov also became one of the organizers of the rally in defense of the Internet in Moscow on March 10, 2019, and also spoke at it. Similar rallies also took place in Khabarovsk and Voronezh. After that, the Kremlin’s Telegram channels began to spread an “investigation” about the fact that the real customer of the rally was the video blogger PewDiePie.
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