Profiles in Undeath: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, seen here in this image from wikipedia.org with Dmitri Medvedev, his puppet President of Russia, is the current Prime Minister of Russia and the winner of this blog's award for Undead Person of the Year for 2008.

Mr. Putin's status as an undead person is disputed by many, but secret documents available to this author confirm that he underwent the painful procedure that made him undead shortly after assuming the role of President of Russia, just before the famous moment when the U.S. President, George W. Bush fdamously looked into his soul and found a friend. If Mr. Bush had known then what is known now about Mr. Putin, he would have been far more careful about getting so close to Mr. Putin and about making any broad pronouncements about the quality of Mr. Putin's soul.

Mr. Putin is now considered by experts in the field to be a very highly functioing Ghoul (a future post will detail the most common types of undead and their powers and their own special limitations).

As a highly functional Ghoul, Mr. Putin uses his special power to suck the life force of those nearest to him in order to maintain the appearance of life and vitality. Those he touches feel the impact of this power most directly as his hands will be extremely cold to the touch. Most Ghouls do not have the discipline and the extremely strong will that Mr. Putin does, so they are often quickly discovered as they do not restrain themselves from slaying their victims. Mr. Putin, however, appears to be able to drain his victims in such small amounts that they do not even notice the loss of their vitality as they come into contact with him. It is believed, however, that Mr. Putin has a secret cadre of former KGB agents, fellow Ghouls all, who bring him victims in secret who rarely, if ever, survive those encounters. Most recent victims have been captured Georgian soldiers and government agents that were taken in the brief August war between Russia and Georgia.

This blog will continue to provide further information about Mr. Putin and his cadre of undead followers as it becomes available. Our sources indicate that Mr. Medvedev has not yet undergone any undead treatments since he has value as the living figurehead president of Russia.