It was no coincidence that 1992 was chosen as the year to start the Global Leaders of Tomorrow program. This was the same year that Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development was unleashed on the world. The new agenda for the world required a new kind of leader and Schwab's program was pivotal.
It might be noted that Putin has since been scrubbed from the WEF website and is now considered an enemy of their movement as he has rejected their new world order agenda. Hence, he is being demonized by the media (who happen to be members of the "cult")