Putin, Merkel and Obama, in that order, the world's three most powerful people, according to Forbes

Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (No. 1) takes the top spot out of 73 on Forbes’ seventh annual ranking of “The World’s Most Powerful People” for the third year in a row. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (No. 2) moved up 3 spots from last year, while President Barack Obama (No. 3) dropped 1 spot, making it the first year a sitting U.S. President has not made it into the top 2 spots. Read full article

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Clyde15
Is it a surprise that a dictator takes no. one spot ?
Nov 05th, 2015 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 1

He has all the guns and thugs to do WTF he wants and we know it.
Nov 05th, 2015 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Room101
It is the dark glasses that does it.
What does Forbes mean by “powerful” anyway: brittle is more apt.
Nov 05th, 2015 - 12:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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