A convicted cybercriminal has started a political party in the Ukraine. Dmitri Ivanovich Golubov, 24, formed the Internet Party of the Ukraine shortly after the country's elections last September. The party is running on a platform of modernisation and free market economics, campaigning on issues such as rooting out public …
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Posted Friday 14th March 2008 12:54 GMT
Well, i guess he might have good chances of being elected... do they use voting machines over there?
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 13:09 GMT
"immunity from prosecution for criminal activities under the country's constitution"
Blimey, no political scandals there then, they can do what they want.
I wonder if it extends to fixing elections?
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 13:09 GMT
insist on printing contradictions?
"a.........politician interested in ideas and not money."
He'd be the first one.
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 14:41 GMT
...its probably easier for him to do this than try and find a cushy office job.
good for him.
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 14:41 GMT
...its easier than him trying to find a cushy office job..
good for him.
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 14:41 GMT
Which makes a better politician?
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 14:41 GMT
At least they know from the get-go that he is^H^Hwas a crook. An open and *cough* honest politician? Novel concept...
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 14:43 GMT
Marvellous! As a politician he has plenty of opportunity for corrupt and criminal actions, for which he is constitutionally imune from prosecution! Presumably that bit was written by politicians?
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 14:43 GMT
The former prime minister served time for armed robbery and the current prime minister managed to amass a fortune reputed to be around 3.6 Billion US$ by the time she was 36 years old in the mid-90s. Her near total control of the gas industry in Ukraine gave Tymeshenko the nickname of "The Gas Princess".
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 15:42 GMT
Not unusual - the Alabama state legislature (among others) used to be full of them.
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 16:02 GMT
A politician with an in-depth working knowledge of computers, whatever next?
Posted Friday 14th March 2008 21:15 GMT
Not a contradiction in this case: he obviously made enough millions pilfering credit-card numbers that he could actually focus on ideas to improve his country.
Seriously though, if a common thief like this carder can get into politics, it's no wonder an adware/malware author like Kent Ertugrul can get into bed with an ISP or three.
Posted Monday 17th March 2008 08:45 GMT
Quite unlike own home grown ones who wouldn't know security if it stood up and bit them in the backside !!
Posted Monday 17th March 2008 09:48 GMT
Much ado about nothing - this is nothing more than cut-and-paste Italian politics.
Italian parties right, left and center have been doing that for years... and look, what a lovely country we live in...
But relax, no Italian pride over there, no IP to protect.
Pilato has a first here... can you remember "Who do you want us to set free? Jesus or Barabba?"
Note: that's not "I'll get my coat" but "A politician is stealing my money" icon
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