To every football fan's surprise, Russia managed to do the unthinkable and dump Spain out of the World Cup.
The host nation's shootout victory against the winners of 2010 was yet another upset in a tournament full of them, so you'd think it'd be the players getting all the headlines, wouldn't you?
Well, perhaps in any other country, but this is Russia, which means one man always takes centre stage: Vladimir Putin.
After a controversial VAR verdict seemed to rob Spain against Russia, everyone started making the joke that Vlad must have had a hand in it.
In fact, the memes started pouring in, and they're, well, brilliant.
Here's 15 of the funniest ones...
