Russian President Vladimir Putin was included in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time magazine, as he managed to overcome the crisis in the country, inherited after the rule of Boris Yeltsin.
This was stated last General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev, reports Time.
However, Gorbachev notes that in the aftermath, the shortcomings of Putin's presidency as Russia's president.
And economic problems began even before the deterioration of relations with the West and the imposition of sanctions.
"Stagnant economy and declining living standards, massive poverty, corruption and illegal enrichment, the decline in education, health and science," Gorbachev concluded..
As reported by the "Observer", in addition to Putin's Time introduced in the top 100 most influential people in the world of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
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