(n.) a stealthy, shadowy, sinister figure that orchestrates and manipulates others for his/her personal (financial or political) gain, without regard of fallout or harm caused.
Beware of your dealings with Vlad, he has an evil me first persona. He's a putinik!
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.