Vladimir Putin

Though hated within the West for his controversial acts, most recently in Ukraine, Putin would be the leader to build a nation of great poverty to a world superpower once more. Despite Russia's current stagnation, The days of the fallout of the USSR, under Boris Yeltsin, was significantly worse. Putin would fix, and destablize the economy all in one go.

Vladimir Putin was a man who saw himself become a hero, and lived long enough to see himself, a villain.