Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko was named among the ?€?world's greatest leaders?€? by Forbes magazine on Thursday.
Kornienko ranked 22 out of 50 global leaders, sharing the spot with U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly.
The duo reprised the ?€?handshake in space,?€? a famous act of diplomacy between U.S. astronaut Thomas Stafford and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the Cold War, elevating ?€?that goodwill gesture?€? into ?€?an opus of statesmanship,?€? Forbes said in its report.