The Daily Vlad sees our bare-chested bringer of freedom with his favourite mount, Rasputin the Alaskan Bald Eagle. Rasputin was quite happy in Alaska until a senile old bastard called Brandon started buggering everything up. So, he made the long flight over the Barings Sea (though it doesn't take an eagle that long) to Russia and asked Vlad for political asylum. Vlad was happy to agree and now they are best friends