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Putin Third on Forbes 2012 Most Powerful List

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Russian President Vladimir Putin was ranked the third most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine in its annual rating.

MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was ranked the third most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine in its annual rating.

US President Barack Obama tops the list for a second year in a row.

Obama is followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Third place went to Putin, who was second on Forbes’ 2011 most powerful list.

This year’s 71-person list also features Microsoft founder Bill Gates (#4), Pope Benedict XVI (#5), Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (#9), British Prime Minister David Cameron (#10), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (#25), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (#30) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (#48).

 

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