Russian President Vladimir Putin was rated 2nd in the ranking of the most influential politicians of the outgoing year, according to a rating by the French news agency AFP.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel took first position. Recall, she has also became the most influential figure of the year, according to the Time magazine.
The rating also includes Pope Francis, the leader of the Daesh group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and suspended FIFA chief Joseph Blatter.
