Here's one accolade that Vladimir Putin is unlikely to boast about.
The Advocate, the LGBT interest magazine, has named Russia's president its 2014 Person of the Year for his "crusade against LGBT Russians." The profile notes that Putin signed a bill in June 2013 criminalizing “distribution of information… aimed at the formation among minors of nontraditional sexual attitudes." As The Advocate notes, "nontraditional" in this case equals "anything other than heterosexual."
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Putin's views on gay rights became a flashpoint during the Sochi Winter Olympics in February as many countries, individual athletes and some brands condemned his stance against the LGBT community.
The Advocate's Person of the Year designation, like Time's, doesn't translate to an endorsement; rather, the figure is viewed as exerting great influence over events. In past years, Josef Stalin and Adolph Hitler have been named "Man of the Year" by Time; the appellation was later changed to be unisex.
To make this Hitler parallel clear, The Advocate gave Putin the shadow of a Hitler mustache. Below is the full image of the cover: