Libertarian Mikhail Svetov was sentenced in his absence to a year in prison for failure to fulfill the duties of a "foreign agent". The Magistrate's Court in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow issued a verdict in absentia to the libertarian and founder of SVTV News Mikhail Svetov in the case of evading the duties of a "foreign agent" (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to one year in a general regime colony and was banned from publishing information and managing websites for a period of three years. The prosecutor's office in Moscow reported this. The criminal case within the article on the evasion of the duties of a "foreign agent" became known in July 2026, when the Besviolovsky District Court in Moscow arrested Savtov in absentia. Three years earlier, in August 2023, a case was opened against him for the restoration of Nazism (354.1 of the Criminal Code). In November of that year, Sotov was put on the wanted list. Svetov is the former leader of the Unregistered Libertarian Party of Russia (LPR). Since 2021 he has been living outside of Russia. In November 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice added him to the "foreign agents" list.

Libertarian Mikhail Svetov was sentenced in his absence to a year in prison for failure to fulfill the duties of a "foreign agent". The Magistrate's Court in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow issued a verdict in absentia to the libertarian and founder of SVTV News Mikhail Svetov in the case of evading the duties of a "foreign agent" (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to one year in a general regime colony and was banned from publishing information and managing websites for a period of three years. The prosecutor's office in Moscow reported this. The criminal case within the article on the evasion of the duties of a "foreign agent" became known in July 2026, when the Besviolovsky District Court in Moscow arrested Savtov in absentia. Three years earlier, in August 2023, a case was opened against him for the restoration of Nazism (354.1 of the Criminal Code). In November of that year, Sotov was put on the wanted list. Svetov is the former leader of the Unregistered Libertarian Party of Russia (LPR). Since 2021 he has been living outside of Russia. In November 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice added him to the "foreign agents" list.