Are you sure that Vlad is a merit source?
Vlad2Vlad has earned 334 merit so far. So he has earned 167 smerit.
According to
BPIP, Vlad2Vlad has sent 3462 smerit.
The maximum number of airdropped smerit a user could get was 400. (see the following post made by theymos.)
So the most you could get is if you were a Legendary who maxed out your activity points in the last year, in which case you would get 1 * 0.4 * 1000 = 400 sMerit.
So, Vlad2Vlad is definitely a merit source.