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Mikhail Vladimirovich Svetov (Russian: Михаи́л Влади́мирович Све́тов; born January 4, 1985) is a Russian politician and public figure, chairman of the civil society movement "Civil Society", political scientist, blogger, one of the main ideologists and popularizers of libertarianism in Russia, organizer major federal rallies on various political and public topics. Svetov hosts his own 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. From the third grade on, he was homeschooled by his family, with the exception for 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 received 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.
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GenderMale
Birthday1985-01-04 (39 years old)
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
Religiondeism
CitizenshipsRussia
Also Known AsМихаил Светов
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