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The President of Russia topped the ranking of the most influential people in the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin topped the ranking of the most influential people of the world, according to Forbes magazine, ahead of the American leader Barack Obama. Strengthened his position and the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. For the first time, Putin is at the top of the Forbes rating, Compared with the previous year, two positions at once. Obama has been in first place since his election, for except in 2010, when the then line of the list Chinese Secretary of State Hu Jintao. Forbes explains his choice by saying that Putin, according to the publication, strengthened his power, while Barack Obama too early “became a lame duck.” Precarious situation US President, Forbes notes, confirmed the recent shutdown, due to which officials were sent to unpaid leave. Third place in the ranking took the current Chinese leader Xi Jinping, fourth – newly elected Pope Roman Francis I, fifth – German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In the top ten also hit Microsoft founder Bill Gates, head of the Federal US Reserve Ben Bernanke, King of Saudi Arabia Abdallah, President of the European Central Bank Mario Drage and Michael Duke, Wal-Mart General Manager In addition to the list Putin turned out to be three more Russians. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who took 61st place last year, took 53rd in this position. On the 60th line was the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, on 63rd – owner of Metalloinvest Alisher Usmanov. Total this year in the list of 17 heads of state, 27 presidents and chairmen of councils directors of companies, as well as 12 businessmen, including Warren Buffett (13th place) Sergey Brin (17th), Mark Zuckerberg (24th) and Michael Bloomberg (29th). In addition, nine appear in the ranking women, including, in addition to Merkel, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff (20th place), leader of the Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi (21st), IMF Head Christine Lagarde (35th) and General World Health Organization Director Margaret Chan (59th a place).
Nikolay FADEEV
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