Ivan Putin

Ivan Putin was a member of KVI, a Russian agency investigating alien threats, in the 2000s. He made tea for the KVI director Maxim Ivanov. Putin shared his last name with another, more famous namesake, and he "heard all the jokes". (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)

Behind the scenes
While not directly stated in the story, the more famous namesake in question was Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.