[copula4]

His name is not Vlad, it's a familiar form of a completely unrelated name. If you want to demonstrate contempt by using a familiar form, use Vova.

It sounds about the same as if I used something like "Joe" to refer to a William.

[TiredOfLife]

The Vlad part is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

[margalabargala]

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[int_19h]

It doesn't actually achieve that, it just makes you look like an ignorant Westerner. Similar to all the "-ski" stuff that Americans, for some reason, seem to believe is indicative of Russian.

If you want to troll Putin, call him Vovochka.

[margalabargala]

Putin is not in fact the intended audience, so the diminutive should be tailored to the audience, not to Putin.

Kind of like calling him "Putain", or "Poo-tin", which are also not his name.

[elzbardico]

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[lenerdenator]

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[lenerdenator]

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