Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Putin is world's most powerful man, Trump in second: Forbes http://

NEW YORK (AFP) - Vladimir Putin was the world's most powerful person for a fourth straight year in 2016, with US president-elect Donald Trump in second place, Forbes magazine said Wednesday in its annual rankings.

"Russia's president has exerted his country's influence in nearly every corner of the globe," the US business magazine wrote.

"From the motherland to Syria to the US presidential elections, Putin continues to get what he wants."

The 64-year old Russian leader is "unconstrained by conventional global norms (and) his reach has magnified in recent years," Forbes said .... http://www.france24.com