The 100 Most Influential People of 2022: Vladimir Putin

Perhaps Vladimir Putin’s true mission is to teach lessons. To everyone — from world leaders and pundits to ordinary people. He has been especially good at this in 2022.

The Man Putin Fears

On a cold morning in November, the family of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, made the trip out to visit him at Penal Colony No. 2. The drive from Moscow took about two hours, though parts of it felt like traveling back in time. Coming off the highway from Russia’s high-tech capital, t