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Vladimir Putin

President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)

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Subject of an ICC arrest warrant, and launched the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

Centralized power over more than two decades, annexed Crimea in 2014 and launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Vladimir Putin sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Vladimir Putin sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Vladimir Putin

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194399%Saddam Hussein President of Iraq, 1979 to 200398%Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey, 2014 to present (Prime Minister 2003 to 2014)97%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194597%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198996%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171595%Chiang Kai-shek Leader of the Republic of China, 1928 to 197595%Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan, 2003 to present95%

People furthest from Vladimir Putin

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19400%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19800%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20061%Petra Kelly German Green co-founder, 1947 to 19921%

Political views closest to Vladimir Putin

FascismAn ultranationalist one-party dictatorship built on a leader cult, militarism and the…99%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.97%FalangismA Spanish fascist-inspired movement stressing nation, Catholicism and corporatist unity.95%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…93%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Пресс-служба Президента РФ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.