Quote Originally Posted by MasterAdmin
President? Are you kidding?
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After serving a sentence in jail he will not only be able to become a president but he won't even be able to vote. A citizen loses such rights after the Court executes the jail sentence.
don't be naive.....Youshchenko announced himself a president (when Yanukovich was winner) though it was illegal...

good article in Financial Times:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9f29e9c4-d6...00e2511c8.html

"Consolidation could happen in the name of Khodorkovsky, who has been transformed from oligarch to martyr, who suffered in, but now stands outside, the conflict between business and the authorities," Ms Kryshtanovskaya told a press conference. "In their time, [Nelson] Mandela and [Yassir] Arafat played this role; they sat in captivity and became banners for the opposition."