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Russian President Vladimir Putin is the winner of this year's TIME 100 reader's poll. Putin edged out rapper-singer CL (of the South Korean girl-group 2NE1) to claim the number one spot with 6.95 percent of the votes in the final tally. Pop stars Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift rounded out the top five with 2.6 percent, 1.9 percent and 1.8 pecent of the votes, respectively.

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