Vladyslav Kryvobokov

Vladyslav Anatoliyovich Kryvobokov (; 29 March 1968) was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the People's Party of Depositors and Social Protection, which he has chaired since its foundation in 2000. In 1997, he created and chaired a public organization "For social protection of population", that aims to ensure social and rights protection of population. Since then, he has been constantly involved into public and political activities. On 9 January 1999 there was an assassination attempt on him – a hired killer fired at point-blank range at his car. Krivobokov received 10 bullet wounds, but survived. His election program features total privatisation, an amnesty for the population's debts, starting from utility debts to tax debts.

Early life Kryvobokov was born on 29 March 1968 in the village of Antratsyt, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. From 1985 to 1992, with interruptions, he was a student at the Luhansk Machine‑Building Institute.

In 2010, he was elected to the Luhansk Oblast Council as a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In September 2013, he created and funded the idea for a billboard within Luhansk that expressed a message of gratitute in Russian and English to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, for his involvement in the Syrian civil war and stated he should win the Nobel Peace Prize.