Well I see Putin, and Hitler, Obama, that dick head currently in the Ukraine, and the former bus driver turned president in vensula are all pea's from the same pod, however among them all I would give Putin the edge, if you go back even at the end of world war 2, all the other world leaders on the allied side were withered and old, meanwhile you had Stalin younger by comparison and tougher looking, however like Putin, iron fisted mad man. However that aside, according to what I understand, Puting was an ex-KGB captain/operator, but given his latest endeavor when he was free diving apparently he planted antique pottery like from an age of recent antiquity at the bottom of where ever the hell he was free diving, and emerged with it boastful. Having said that, I have a feeling even though he beats his chest, he still cares about his country with some warped twisted version of love and national identity. Honestly Putin looks at every other leader in the world as a pussy, seriously look how he addresses most of them, to be honest we haven't had a president since teddy, that could have gone toe to toe with Putin, maybe Washington, Putin knows that he is more physically commanding than any or most leaders on the world stage, and he uses it to his advantage.