Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse in southern Siberia's Tuva region August 3, 2009. PHOTO: REUTERS
Three million viewers - Slovenia's population is only two million - have clicked on the 3-minute spot to see Slakonja, as Putin, singing "I run this freakin' show".
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He rides a horse bare-chested, defeats a series of chess players, organizes "Winter Olympic Games in 40 degrees", tranquilizes a tiger, and dances in ballet-style tights with a prominent bulge in front.
"I want to connect people so that the people who love it, who love the person I portray, love the video. And the people who hate the person I portray also love the video," Slakonja says of his song "Putin Putout", which is in English.
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Slakonja, 30, whose main job is acting at the prestigious Slovenian National Theatre, hopes that the numbers on YouTube could lure sponsors into supporting #TheMockingBirdMan, his project to impersonate world-famous people.
He has already done Pope Francis. Next up are US presidential candidate Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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