Between endless cries about Russian Troll Armies and their fearsome bots being present on No Minister it’s obvious that we’ve got some real conspiracy theorist commentators who had too much time on their hands even before now.

So in the spirit of having fun with them – and other people – here is a YouTube video that’s been floating around for a while now about a Russian prankster who installed in an elevator a huge portrait of Vlad The Impaler on the back wall, plus a camera in an upper corner to record people’s reactions.

Judging from the results I think its obvious that despite claims made about the hero worship of Vlad in Russia and how super popular he is, the Russian people – at least some of them – retain their good sense of skepticism towards their great leader.

It’s also bloody funny

Somebody should try this here in New Zealand with Jacinda’s portrait.