Stalin made it on the list twice. Hitler made it once.
Churchill, Pope John Paul and Reagan (twice) made the list as well. It’s simply for the (in Time’s opinion) most influential person of the moment. Freedom fighters (like Churchill, the Pope, Reagan and Zelensky) make the list, just as do dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Putin.
Time even awarded it Ayatollah Khomeini.
The rag really is nothing more than Pravda.