Internet users have called Obama and Putin most influential politicians

Internet users have called Obama and Putin most influential politicians

The Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin took second place in the ranking of the most influential politicians, compiled on the basis of Internet survey of six thousand people in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the U.S. service Harris Interactive, says RFI. Topping the list is the U.S. president Barack Obama.

American president included among influential politicians 82 percent of those surveyed, the name of Vladimir Putin called the 63 per cent, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel is behind the Russian prime minister by one percentage point, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in fourth place - it recalled 57 percent of the respondents. It clarifies the AFP, fifth place went to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

According to the survey, Obama also became the most popular politician of the world - his support of 77 percent of respondents. In second place was the Dalai Lama with the support of three-fourths of the respondents, the third line is U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the support of 58 percent, and in fourth place with 47 percent of Merkel.

As the newspaper notes, the list of most popular politicians, Vladimir Putin was only 13th place. The least popular political figures of respondents recognized the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as well as Chinese President Hu Jintao.