The criminal case, in which the libertarian Svetov became a defendant, was opened after an appeal from the deputy editor-in-chief of Izvestia
A criminal case of indecent acts, in which Mikhail Svetov, a member of the Libertarian Party, became a defendant, was opened after Luiza Dautova, deputy editor-in-chief of the Izvestia Information Center, applied to the Prosecutor General's Office. This was told to Novaya Gazeta by lawyer Maria Eismont, who represents the interests of Svetov's ex-girlfriend Anastasia Starodubovskaya.