It is Mr Putin's first mention in the list

Vanity Fair has named Vladimir Putin as the world's most influential person Photo: REUTERS

Vladimir Putin picked as world's most influential person

Source: Telegraph/Vanity FairThe Russian prime minister, who recently sparked an international crisis and enraged the US and European Union with Russia's military intervention in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, replaces last year's chart-topper Rupert Murdoch.

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