PJSC Svetlana (Russian: ПАО «Светлана») is a company based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
[1][2][3][4] In May 1992, Khizha was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation for the industrial sector,[5] on recommendation to President Boris Yeltsin from Sobchak and Yegor Gaidar.
[2] Khizha was also apparently considered as an alternative for the post of acting Prime Minister of Russia, along with fellow vice premier Vladimir Shumeiko, as opposed to Yeltsin's nominee, Gaidar.
[8] During fighting between militants in North Ossetia, President Yeltsin appointed him as the acting governor of the region.
[9] During this time, Martin Shakkum, later one of the candidates during the 1996 Russian presidential election, worked with Khizha as his adviser.