Photos of recent events: The most high-powered persons of the world...
The top five of the ranking has remained unchanged since the last year. The leading position in the list of the most powerful people of the world has been taken by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin for the second consecutive year. The new version of the ranking was published on the site of the American Forbes magazine. Persons are evaluated by Forbes editors by such criteria as state, financial and administrative resources, as well as a number of people affected by their decisions.