Public image of Vladimir Putin to the reality of Putin's modest physical stature, his height being officially reported as 5'7", and some of the activities used to promote his virile prowess have been criticised for involving deception or being completely staged. Notable examples of Putin's macho adventures include: On 11 December 2010, at a concert organized for a children's charity in Saint Petersburg, Putin sang "Blueberry Hill" with Maceo Parker's jazz band and played a little piano of it and of the Russian patriotic song "" from his favourite spy movie "The Shield and the Sword". After that he took part in singing of a
Russia under Vladimir Putin Russian leader to have had a pop song written about him: "I want a man like Putin", which hit the charts in 2002. According to some scholars, Russia under Putin has been transformed into an "FSB state". Shortly after becoming Russian Prime Minister, Putin was reported to have joked to a group of his KGB associates: "A group of FSB colleagues dispatched to work undercover in the government has successfully completed its first mission". The former Securitate Lieutenant General and defector Ion Mihai Pacepa said in his interview for conservative "FrontPage Magazine" in 2006 that "former KGB officers are running"