Luo Yuanpin’s services will likely be in high demand these days, for he is a Chinese Vladimir Putin impersonator. China’s President Xi Jinping met the real-life Russian leader on Monday evening as he began a state visit in Moscow. /Screen shot from Anhui TV

Luo’s fellow peasant villagers in central China’s Anhui Province began calling him “Brother Putin” in 2011, and he was soon featuring in local newspapers and appearing on TV. /Phoenix Photo

His striking resemblance to Putin shocked Russian actors, and he was invited to attend entertainment occasions or Russia-related public activities. /Phoenix Photo

Despite his minor celebrity status, Luo still toils away as a low-income farmer. “My biggest dream is to have a wife and a family,” he told an Anhui newspaper. /Phoenix Photo