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Putin Tops List of Most Powerful People
Barack Obama in 5th Place
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Putin Tops List of Most Powerful People
Barack Obama in 5th Place
An article in leading US magazine Foreign Policy has named Putin as the most powerful person in the world, with the top spot left empty.
The author, Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group, explains why no one is ranked first as being because in a G-Zero world, everyone is waiting for someone else to shoulder responsibility for the world's toughest and most dangerous challenges. ....
After the top spot's empty chair, Putin comes in second. In Russia's personalized system, this is still the person who counts. He isn't as popular as he used to be, and his country has no Soviet-scale clout or influence, but no one on the planet has consolidated more domestic and regional power than Putin, the magazine said....
The Russian president is followed by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who is ranked third, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (4) and US President Barack Obama in fifth place.
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