Editing Vladimir Putin (section)

=== Public recognition in the West ===
In 2007, he was the [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' Person of the Year]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Person of the Year 2007 |url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1690753,00.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080907034052/http://time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1690753,00.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 7 September 2008 |magazine = Time |year = 2007 |access-date = 8 July 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title = Putin Answers Questions From Time Magazine |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFMQz6AN3B0 |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rFMQz6AN3B0 |archive-date = 11 December 2021 |url-status = live |via = YouTube |date = 20 December 2007 |access-date = 21 June 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2015, he was No. 1 on the [[Time 100|''Time's'' Most Influential People List]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/70855/vladimir-putin-2014-time-100/ |title=Vladimir Putin – The Russian Leader Who Truly Tests The West |first1=Madeleine |last1=Albright |date=23 April 2014 |magazine=Time |access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newsweek.com/putin-smart-truly-evil-man-says-madeleine-albright-450332 |title=Putin Is a 'Smart But Truly Evil Man,' says Madeleine Albright |first1=Damien |last1=Sharkov |date=20 April 2016 |magazine=Newsweek |access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked him the [[Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People|World's Most Powerful Individual]] every year from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = The World's Most Powerful People 2016 |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/12/14/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2016/ |work = Forbes |date = 14 December 2016 |quote = For the fourth consecutive year, Forbes ranked Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world's most powerful person. From the motherland to Syria to the U.S. presidential elections, Russia's leader continues to get what he wants. }}</ref> He was ranked the second most powerful individual by ''Forbes'' in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2018/05/08/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2018 |title = The World's Most Powerful People 2018 |last1 = Ewalt |first1 = David M. |date = 8 May 2018 |work = Forbes |access-date = 10 May 2018 }}</ref>

In Germany, the word "[[Putinversteher]]" (female form "Putinversteherin") is a [[neologism]] and a political buzzword (''Putin'' + ''[[wikt:verstehen|verstehen]]''), which literally translates "Putin understander", i.e., "one who understands Putin".<ref name="umland2016">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Umland |first = Andreas |url = http://hir.harvard.edu/article/?a=12634 |title = The Putinverstehers' Misconceived Charge of Russophobia |date = 21 January 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170615114641/http://hir.harvard.edu/article/?a=12634 |archive-date = 15 June 2017 }}</ref> It is a pejorative reference to politicians and pundits who express [[empathy]] to Putin and may also be translated as "Putin-empathizer".<ref name="gregory">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Gregory |first = Paul Roderick |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/04/05/empathizing-with-the-devil-how-germanys-putin-verstehers-shield-russia/ |title = Empathizing With The Devil: How Germany's Putin–Verstehers Shield Russia |date = 5 April 2014 |website = [[Forbes]] }}</ref>