Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.

[rcjordan]

Ukrainian protesters spontaneously received that message on their cell phones, as a new law prohibiting public demonstrations went into effect.

Welcome to the future.

[Rumbas]

Things certainly work differently over there.

A few years ago our guy needed to come see us here in CPH. If we hadn't hired him and hence being able to send him to the foreign ministery for a visa, he would have spend over 3 months waiting and maybe never get it. Using the right channels and a errrm, bribe of $25, he got his stamps in 10 mins...

[Rumbas]

Go look up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko and her story as well.. not cool.

[Mackin USA]

Most of the world works via BRIBES

It may be wrong but it's a fact.