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[Dru]

Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered

 

 

'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.'

 

 

 

*Mankind rejoices:

 

http://www.mosnews.com/commentary/2005/07/26/spamassassin.shtml

 

 

Russian Media Hails Spammer’s Murder

Created: 26.07.2005 12:43 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:13 MSK

Anton Nossik

MosNews.Com

 

 

 

 

 

"Russia’s most (in)famous spammer, Vardan Kushnir, 35, was dead in his apartment in downtown Moscow on Monday, July 25. Someone repeatedly smashed his head with a heavy object, authorities say, and then ransacked his entire apartment. The authorities have obviously got no clue as to who that someone might have been.

 

 

 

 

And, as a matter of fact, they don’t seem to really care: every day between 10 and 20 people meet a violent death in Russia’s capital, and a significant part of those crimes remains unsolved (Russia’s Interior Ministry reports 1,935 unsolved murders, 73,000 burglaries and 11,400 robberies between January and May in this year alone). There is no reason for Moscow’s law enforcement officials to give Kushnir’s case any special treatment, so they most probably won’t. But the Moscow-based media is awash with comments and speculations, expounding one simple, albeit largely irrational, theory: someone (ranging from God almighty to an irate IT office worker) finally punished Vardan Kushnir for his seemingly unstoppable spamming activities.

 

 

 

 

Indeed, the deceased must have been the most hated person among 17.6 million Internet users in Russia, whom he continuously spammed over the last few years, sending out tons of email ads for his language courses. These feelings are shared by many among the 20 million Russian-speaking Internet users outside the country, whom he also plagued with unsolicited ads, both text and graphical: despite limiting its offers to Muscovites only, the American Language Center did send mail to locations as remote as California, Canada or the office network of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, in Israel.

 

 

 

 

Russian-language media, both online and offline, has made little effort to conceal one central thought when dealing with the spammer’s demise: that somehow the late Mr. Kushnir got what he deserved. “The Spammer Had it Coming”, one headline reads. “Spam is Deadly”, “Ignoble Death Becomes Russia’s Top Spammer”, “An Ultimate Solution to the Spam Problem” - 84 Russian-language news captions on Kushnir’s murder, retrieved by the Yandex News search engine within a day of the event, seem to share the general feeling

[olyclimber]

well, I was just getting sick of that shit

[knelson]

So - was it an ice pick or an ice ax?

[Dechristo]

an iron mouse.

[espirita]

yummy

[thelawgoddess]

spam is lame.

[mec]

I normally just hit the delete key. Much easier than brutally murdering someone, but maybe not as much fun.

[Kitergal]

Dru- I miss your spinning head....

[Squid]

Dru- I missed your spinning head.

 

The Russians won't.

[olyclimber]

In Soviet Russia, spinning heads are considered a delicacy.

[olyclimber]

just eat it

[espirita]

I realize I may be in the minority here, but spam is actually quite delicious, and spam musubi is great mountain food...

[archenemy]

Potted meat products

[Dechristo]

I normally just hit the delete key.

 

As it's my turn to be God, I hit the "SMITE" key.

[archenemy]

Ouch. That one stung a little.

Mustabeen an Otterbee.

[Dechristo]

Sorry. You mustabeen standing too close to the smotee.