MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Trump is followed by "two politicians who have defied the traditional powers in the West," as the agency puts it, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Some 3,000 journalists participated in the survey to determine the most influential person of the year from a list of 30 people that were selected by the agency's chief editors.
On November 8, Trump won the US presidential election by gaining a major electoral lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. The inauguration of the US president-elect will take place on January 20.