Igor Khaletsky, whose club is frequented by businessmen, government officials, and wealthy lovers of what’s known as gangster-jazz, is following a new Russian trend. “The Trump cult is growing because the new U.S. president seems loyal to Russia,” Khaletsky told The Daily Beast. “So we decided that The Trump Band [a newly named ensemble] and its gangster-jazz music would be relevant to the eve of the inauguration.”

At the top of Russia’s establishment many say of Trump, “He is a deal maker—he is one of us!” And the most famous fan of President-elect Trump is Russia’s number one decision maker, President Vladimir Putin…

The cult of Trump, displaying his name and face, playing up his tastes and interests, is growing big all across Russia, from Moscow to Siberia. Before the new year the city of Perm near the Ural mountains distributed prianiki, Russia’s traditional honey-spice cookies with a local interpretation of Trump’s slogan on them: “Make Perm great again.” (That sounded bitterly ironic to those who knew Perm as the gateway to the forced labor camps of the Soviet Gulag.)

The small town of Tula outside of Moscow is especially taken with Trumpmania. A guesthouse and a restaurant there have been named after him, as well as the band coming from there to play at Arbat 13 in Moscow.