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Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
2005-07-25
H T - DRUDGE

Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head.
Foul man took up all my cache!
Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English, all known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which millions of e-mails were sent every day.
This is a pattern. Last week "Nigerian Investors", now this!
Progress ... of a sort ...
In the past angry Internet users have targeted the American English centre by publishing the Center’s telephone numbers anywhere on the Web to provoke telephone calls. The Center’s telephone was advertised as a contact number for cheap sex services, or bargain real estate sales.
Reaaaaaallly cheap sex, in a reaaaaaalllly small house, far away from Moscow or St Petersburg!
Another attack involved hundreds of people making phone calls to the American English Center and sending it numerous e-mails back, but Vardan Kushnir remained sure of his right to spam, saying it was what e-mails were for.
I think, therefore I spam?
Under Russian law, spamming is not considered illegal, although lawmakers are working on legal projects that could protect Russian Internet users like they do in Europe and the U.S.
Those Duma boyz aren't moving so fast, as they have their own "cottage industries", which includes spamming as advertisement...
They're waiting for Vlad to tell them what to do. The Duma has a striking resemblence to the old Supreme Soviet ...
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