Person of the Year 2007

His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs

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By DAVID VON DREHLE Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

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Person of the Year 2007

He gave us a mobster like no other—a middle-aged executive with a wife, a paunch and a couple of teenagers, assorted girlfriends, a problem mom and a job he alternately loves and loathes. When the creator of The Sopranos put an end to one of the most brilliant and disturbing series in TV history, it made sense that he left the star's fate undecided. Let fans write their own endings, because there's a little of Tony in us all.

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