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Moscow Judge Sentences Exiled Libertarian Mikhail Svetov to One Year in Prison

Summary by The Moscow Times
A Moscow judge has sentenced prominent Russian libertarian and media influencer Mikhail Svetov to one year in prison in absentia after he was found guilty of violating the country’s “foreign agent” law, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday.

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The Moscow Court sentenced the 41-year-old blogger Mikhail Svetov (recognized in Russia as an agent) to one year ' s imprisonment in a general regime colony for avoiding the duties of a foreign agent; the criminal case was heard in the absence of the defendant, as he was wanted by the Moscow Prosecutor ' s Office in Max; the investigation found that the Svetov had previously been held administratively liable for violating the order of …

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A justice of the peace at court station No. 350 in the northern administrative district of Moscow sentenced in absentia a Liberian and a base...

·Moscow, Russian Federation (the)
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The Court of Justice of the Northern Administrative Region of Moscow handed down a sentence of three years' imprisonment for a Liberian and the founder of SVTV News, Mikhail Svetov, in the case of the evasion of the duties of a "foreign agent" (article 330.1, paragraph 2, of the Criminal Code), and ordered one year of a general regime colony, a ban on the posting of information and the administration of websites, as reported by the Moscow Public…

·Prague, Czechia
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The editor of SVTV News, Mikhail Svetov, was sentenced in absentia to one year's imprisonment in an "initiative" case by the Office of the Capital Prosecutor, and the criminal case was heard in absentia (as officials say, "a court in general criminal proceedings in the absence of a wanted defendant").

The blogger Michael Svetov,* a foreign agent recognized in Russia, was sentenced in absentia to one year ' s imprisonment in a general-security colony, and for three years the court banned him from posting information and administering Internet resources, and informed the Moscow Public Prosecutor ' s Office.

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Mediazona broke the news in Moscow, Russian Federation (the) on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
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