Is Putin the most powerful leader in the world? Where is PM Modi compared to them?

World Powerful Leader: Vladimir Putin took oath as President of Russia for the 5th time at the Kremlin Palace on May 7. Putin became the President of Russia for the first time in the year 2000. Now after becoming President in 2024, Putin will rule Russia till 2030. In such a situation, Putin will become the president who will rule Russia for a long time. In such a situation, the question arises that is Putin the most powerful leader in the world? How powerful are Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping compared to Putin?

If comparison is made on the basis of being in power for the longest period, then in this matter Putin is at the first place, Xi Jinping is at the second place and Indian Prime Minister Modi is at the third place. Because Putin has been in power for the last 20 years, while Xi Jinping has been in power for 11 years and Prime Minister Modi for 10 years. Joe Biden has been in power for only 4 years. However, Putin is accused of not allowing fair elections to be held in Russia. Just before the elections in March, Putin’s staunch opponent Alexei Navalny died under suspicious circumstances.

There are serious allegations against Putin
At the same time, only one party is ruling in China, since 2013, Xi Jinping is continuously being elected as the leader of the Communist Party. On the other hand, India has a multi-party system. During his stay in power here for the last 10 years Narendra Modi The biggest challenge comes from opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. Rajan Kumar, Professor of Russian Studies in JNU, believes that Putin is not the most powerful leader in the world. He says that Russia is a big country in terms of military power, but Putin controls the entire media. He considers such leaders to be more powerful, who come to power democratically by being elected by public vote.

Russia ahead in terms of nuclear weapons
If compared from economic point of view, American leader Joe Biden is the most powerful, Russia is far behind in this matter. According to the Global Fire Index, America has the most powerful army, while Russia is at the forefront in terms of nuclear weapons. Because Russia has 4,489 nuclear weapons, while America has 3,708 nuclear weapons. If we talk about the number of soldiers, India is the most powerful in this matter, because India has more than 51 lakh army. On the other hand, America has 21 lakh soldiers, Putin has 35 lakh soldiers and Jinping has 31 lakh soldiers.

Modi top in terms of fan following
Talking about social media fans following, the Prime Minister of India has no competition in this matter. Modi has 4.9 crore followers on Facebook and 9.75 crore followers on Facebook. All the world leaders are far behind in this matter. Putin has only 19 lakh followers on his X handle, whereas he does not have an account on Facebook. Whereas Joe Biden has 38 million followers on X and 11 million followers on Facebook.

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