Andrey Korotkov

Who is Andrey Korotkov?

Dr. Andrey Korotkov - First Deputy Communications and Informatisation Minister in Russia, Senior Vice President and CIO of Bank VTB.

Currently - professor, Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs, Academy of National Economy under the Government of Russia Federation. Used to be an executive advisor to Director General of Federal Passenger Company and member of High-level Advisory group of the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development.

In 2003 he briefly attracted worldwide media attention, when he participated in an unusual attack on Russia's most prominent spammer, American Language Center.

Korotkov, like most Russian Internet users, has received spam from ALC many times. Several attempts to complain and "unsubscribe" were unsuccessful, but soon the spam messages started to address him by name.

During an interview to Rambler-Audio news project, Korotkov addressed the American Language Center:

Golden Telecom, one of the largest Russian ISP, organised automatic dialing to ALC phone numbers. Every 10 seconds a phone call was made and the recorded message given above was played.