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Russia's Putin voted man of the year in Moscow poll
Interfax
Moscow, 4 January: In a recent opinion poll held by the Gallup-Media company at the request of Itogi magazine, working Muscovites aged 25 to 55 have named President Vladimir Putin "Man of the Year 2001".
Putin ranks first in all categories, winning top marks as the strongest influence on developments in Russia, the most successful official in his post, the person with the most appealing conduct, manners, clothes and looks, and the person who pleasantly surprised people this year.
Putin and Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov, who ranks third on the list, were people all of those questioned knew.
Emergencies Minister Sergey Shoygu ranks second, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov fourth, TV talk show host Vladimir Pozner fifth, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov sixth, Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov seventh, TV host Leonid Parfenov eighth, Moscow Patriarch Aleksiy II ninth and Moscow Region governor Boris Gromov tenth. There are a total of 73 people on the list.
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