Music video mocking Russia's President Vladimir Putin goes viral

He hopes that the numbers on YouTube will lure sponsors into supporting #TheMockingBirdMan


Reuters March 08, 2016
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse in southern Siberia's Tuva region August 3, 2009. PHOTO: REUTERS

LJUBLJANA: Two weeks after posting his latest parody on YouTube - a satire on Russian President Vladimir Putin's machismo - Slovenian actor and comedian Klemen Slakonja has had more hits than his country has people.

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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