# Russian-leader-lookalikes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-leader-lookalikes/224654>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 15, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-leader-lookalikes/224654 "2004-01-15T21:50:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-leader-lookalikes/224654/1 "2004-01-15T21:50:08Z")

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I need help, I need to find somone else who also thinks that:

1. Putin is Dobby the house-elfs stunt double.

and

1. Anna Kournikova is Jeltsins illegitimate daughter.

Please, it can’t be only me who sees the striking similarities? **mrsIteki** thinks I am insane :smack:

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-leader-lookalikes/224654/2 "2004-01-16T03:40:48Z")

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Sorry, I can’t tell you much about who looks like Yeltsin and Putin, but I heard that those cabbage patch dolls bear a strong resemblence to Nikita Khruschev.