Vladimir Kuznetsov (nickname: Vovan222, Vladimir Krasnov), best known as Vovan (11 November 1986, born in Krasnodar Krai) is a Russian pranker. He became famous due to telephone pranks on Elton John, John McCain, Alexander Lukashenko, Mikhail Saakashvili, Vladimir Churov, Valeria Novodvorskaya, Vladimir Medinsky, Vitaly Klitschko, Vitaly Mutko, Natalia Poklonskaya, Anastasia Volochkova, Aleksey Panin, Vitaly Milonov and other celebrities, athletes and politicians. Despite this, he is not a parodist. His pranks are based on the effect of surprise and not in the imitation of someone else's voice.