Vladimir!!! He is my baby!!! My first Russian Blue and my sweetheart!! He rarely meows, mostly purr-trills and is the most spoiled of cats!! He is VERY much a kissy cat, he would even kiss the show judges noses!! He has his own room where he is KING!! His room has a special latch on the door as he is smart enough to figure out how to open the door handle from the inside. Make no mistake about the intelligence of these cats-- it is unfortunate that at one of Vladi's last kitten shows he was hurt by a judge, after that, he would not show well...he remembered that the judges ring was NOT a place he wanted to be!! He never minded being at the shows and seemed to enjoy looking at all the spectators, just the part about being with the judges bothered him. I felt lucky enough to get his Champion title and then decided to retire him from showing. It was certainly too bad as he was doing so well in his show career. Note: his coat is much lighter than it appears in these pics.