Governors in the media

June 28 -- July 28, 2006

“Vremya Novostey” and the “Medialogy” company offer you ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the Russian media.

Political ratings are published on Mondays: over the course of a month, you can sequentially familiarize yourself with the ratings of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, governors of the Russian Federation, ministers of the Russian Federation and foreign politicians. The ratings are also published on the publication's website - www.vremya.ru.

The ratings reflect both the total number of publications per month and the level of information favored by the media in relation to each political figure. The Information Favorability Index (IFI) is calculated based on the nature of references to a person (positive, negative or neutral), the significance of the message and the influence of the media. Comments on each rating reveal events, speeches and career changes that influenced the politician’s reputation and determined his position in the top list.

“Medialogy” ratings are calculated by an automatic online system based on materials from 2,300 of the largest Russian media, including TV, radio, press, news agencies and online publications.

Mentions Change in ranking position Number of messages

1	0	LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich	3050
2	0	MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna	1565
3	0	SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich	931
4	0	ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich	920
5	0	KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich	632
6	+1	ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich	602
7	-1	SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich	546
8	0	GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich	539
9	0	ALKHANOV Alu Dadashevich	444
10	+5	MAKSYUTA Nikolay Kirillovich	426
11	+8	TISHANIN Alexander Georgievich	425
12	-2	YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich	415
13	-1	MOROZOV Sergey Ivanovich	405
14	-1	SUMIN Petr Ivanovich	397
15	+8	TITOV Konstantin Alekseevich	344
16	-5	TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich	320
17	+4	SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich	310
18	+8	BOOS Georgy Valentinovich	308
19	+12	CHUB Vladimir Fedorovich	272
20	-3	ARTAMONOV Anatoly Dmitrievich	264

Information favored Change of position in the ranking Information favored index

1	0	LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich	1,877.71
2	0	MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna	681.45
3	+3	SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich	326.50
4	+1	ALKHANOV Alu Dadashevich	309.19
5	+7	KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich	308.84
6	-2	GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich	255.44
7	0	SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich	227.71
8	-5	ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich	226.61
9	+12	TISHANIN Alexander Georgievich	214.97
10	0	ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich	190.50
11	+3	BOOS Georgy Valentinovich	181.97
12	-4	TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich	170.68
13	+31	CHUB Vladimir Fedorovich	146.25
14	+53	ZYAZIKOV Murat Magometovich	120.31
15	-2	ZELENIN Dmitry Vadimovich	118.75
16	+17	MALAKHOV Ivan Pavlovich	114.78
17	+15	TITOV Konstantin Alekseevich	110.52
18	+8	POTAPENKO Valery Nikolaevich	109.43
19	+6	SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich	101.91
20	+7	MOROZOV Sergey Ivanovich	101.79

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov retains first place both in the rating of mentions and in the rating of favored information. The scandal with the resettlement of residents of South Butovo is gradually fading away, and the position of the capital’s mayor in the information space continues to gradually strengthen: compared to the previous month, the gap from Valentina Matvienko, who is in second place, has increased.

Nizhny Novgorod Governor Valery Shantsev not only remained in the top three in terms of the number of messages, but also rose to third position in the information favorability index. The greatest resonance in the domestic media was caused by his report at a meeting of the Russian government, during which a discussion broke out between the former Moscow official and the head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade German Gref. The subject of a dispute that suddenly broke out was the issue of financing the completion of the Nizhny Novgorod Circus.

The most noticeable progress in the ranking in terms of mentions was recorded by the governor of the Rostov region , Vladimir Chub . Successful negotiations between the regional administration and potential investors from Germany, as well as increased cooperation with the largest Moscow banks, became the main news events that also predetermined the governor’s inclusion in the top twenty most successfully represented in the media. And the greatest positive dynamics in the ranking of favored information was noted by Murat Zyazikov . Journalists appreciated the answers of the President of Ingushetia on the situation in the republic at a briefing in Moscow. As a result - fourteenth place in IIB.