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Governors in the media
February 10 -- March 10, 2006
“Politicians through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of the Vremya Novostei newspaper and the Medialogy company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the Russian media.“Politicians through the Eyes of the Media” are published weekly on Mondays: over the course of a month, you can consistently familiarize yourself with the ratings of governors of the Russian Federation, deputies of the State Duma 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, neutral), the significance of the message and the influence of the media.
Ratings of “Medialogy” “Politics through the eyes of the media” are calculated by an automatic online system based on materials from 1,500 of the largest Russian media, including TV, radio, press, news agencies and online publications.
Mentions
| 1 | 0 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich | 3040 |
| 2 | 0 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna | 1092 |
| 3 | 0 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich | 984 |
| 4 | +8 | ALKHANOV Alu Dadashevich | 956 |
| 5 | +1 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich | 560 |
| 6 | +71 | ALIEV Muhu Gimbatovich | 523 |
| 7 | -3 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich | 499 |
| 8 | +59 | MAGOMEDOV Magomedali Magomedovich | 468 |
| 9 | -4 | BOOS Georgy Valentinovich | 390 |
| 10 | +10 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich | 354 |
| 11 | +2 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich | 351 |
| 12 | +12 | CHIRKUNOV Oleg Anatolievich | 333 |
| 13 | -4 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich | 326 |
| 14 | +1 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich | 316 |
| 15 | -7 | TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich | 315 |
| 16 | -6 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich | 291 |
| 17 | -3 | TITOV Konstantin Alekseevich | 272 |
| 18 | +9 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich | 266 |
| 19 | -12 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich | 249 |
| 20 | -3 | ZYAZIKOV Murat Magometovich | 242 |
Information favored
| 1 | 0 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich | 3,353.05 |
| 2 | +7 | ALKHANOV Alu Dadashevich | 1,007.74 |
| 3 | +79 | MAGOMEDOV Magomedali Magomedovich | 839.29 |
| 4 | +72 | ALIEV Muhu Gimbatovich | 710.32 |
| 5 | -3 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna | 491.33 |
| 6 | -1 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich | 463.15 |
| 7 | +53 | KATANANDOV Sergey Leonidovich | 452.42 |
| 8 | +35 | ZYAZIKOV Murat Magometovich | 281.94 |
| 9 | -6 | BOOS Georgy Valentinovich | 238.02 |
| 10 | -6 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich | 233.00 |
| 11 | -3 | TULEEV Aman Gumirovich | 231.12 |
| 12 | -5 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich | 230.45 |
| 13 | -7 | TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich | 175.24 |
| 14 | +43 | STROEV Egor Semenovich | 152.68 |
| 15 | -4 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich | 149.67 |
| 16 | -1 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich | 141.94 |
| 17 | +3 | TITOV Konstantin Alekseevich | 138.84 |
| 18 | -8 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich | 134.67 |
| 19 | -1 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich | 98.26 |
| 20 | -8 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich | 97.12 |
The first three lines of the ranking in terms of the number of media reports for the third month in a row are occupied by the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov , the mayor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko and the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev . However, while retaining their status as the most mentioned regional heads, Valentina Matvienko and Valery Shantsev lost several positions in the ranking according to the information favorability index.
The past month can be called successful for Alu Alkhanov , who took second place in the ranking according to the information favorability index. The main information event for the President of Chechnya was the personnel reshuffle in the government of the Chechen Republic: instead of the resigned Sergei Abramov, Ramzan Kadyrov became Prime Minister. The political leadership has also changed in neighboring Dagestan. The first president in the history of the republic was Mukhu Aliyev , whose candidacy was proposed by Vladimir Putin. His predecessor as head of the republic, Magomedali Magomedov , who held the position of Chairman of the State Council, voluntarily resigned. The domestic media reacted positively to the personnel changes, which contributed to the creation of a favorable information field around the former and current head of Dagestan. In the Republic of Karelia, they did not look for a replacement for the current head: Sergei Katanandov, supported by Putin, was unanimously approved for a second gubernatorial term, and the media supported this decision.
The governor of the Oryol region, Yegor Stroev, although not included in the top twenty most mentioned, rose by forty-three positions in the ranking according to the information favored index. During the period under review, Egor Stroev reported on the progress of the national project “Affordable Housing” to the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Dmitry Medvedev, attended military training in the Taman Division together with the governors of the Central Federal District and celebrated his 69th birthday.