Deputies in the media

September 27 -- October 27, 2006

“Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures 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 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	GRYZLOV Boris Vyacheslavovich	2957
2	0	ZHIRINOVSKY Vladimir Volfovich	1252
3	0	ZYUGANOV Gennady Andreevich	677
4	+7	ROGOZIN Dmitry Olegovich	525
5	+4	ISAEV Andrey Konstantinovich	509
6	-1	VOLODIN Vyacheslav Viktorovich	437
7	+8	MOROZOV Oleg Viktorovich	411
8	+14	KOSACHEV Konstantin Iosifovich	398
9	+11	LEBEDEV Alexander Evgenievich	388
10	-4	BABAKOV Alexander Mikhailovich	361
11	+35	ZATULIN Konstantin Fedorovich	355
11	-7	KRASHENINNIKOV Pavel Vladimirovich	355
12	+4	BABURIN Sergey Nikolaevich	354
13	+8	SLISKA Lyubov Konstantinovna	322
14	-6	RYZHKOV Vladimir Alexandrovich	315
15	+11	KHINSTEIN Alexander Evseevich	312
16	+17	ROIZMAN Evgeniy Vadimovich	267
17	0	MEDVEDEV Pavel Alekseevich	253
18	+1	AKSAKOV Anatoly Gennadievich	250
19	+11	SHAKKUM Martin Lucianovich	225

Information favored Change of position in the ranking Information favored index

1	0	GRYZLOV Boris Vyacheslavovich	2111.88
2	+6	KOSACHEV Konstantin Iosifovich	410.39
3	0	ZYUGANOV Gennady Andreevich	343.14
4	+14	MOROZOV Oleg Viktorovich	336.47
5	+5	ZHIRINOVSKY Vladimir Volfovich	318.76
6	+10	VOLODIN Vyacheslav Viktorovich	313.58
7	-5	KRASHENINNIKOV Pavel Vladimirovich	284.09
8	-1	BABAKOV Alexander Mikhailovich	265.52
9	+23	KOKOSHIN Andrey Afanasyevich	260.84
10	+13	LEBEDEV Alexander Evgenievich	246.67
11	-5	ISAEV Andrey Konstantinovich	246.15
12	+12	SLISKA Lyubov Konstantinovna	241.78
13	+26	ZATULIN Konstantin Fedorovich	237.97
14	+39	MEDINSKY Vladimir Rostislavovich	219.35
15	-4	VASILIEV Vladimir Abdualievich	198.68
16	+5	BABURIN Sergey Nikolaevich	194.17
17	+70	ROGOZIN Dmitry Olegovich	190.30
18	-14	KHINSTEIN Alexander Evseevich	180.18
19	+6	SHAKKUM Martin Lucianovich	157.13
20	0	MEDVEDEV Pavel Alekseevich	153.69

Chairman of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov continues to lead in both ratings, maintaining a stable lead from second place. The past month was successful for Konstantin Kosachev in terms of improving key indicators of the information field. The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs acted as the main commentator on the situation around Georgia on the pages of leading media. Gennady Zyuganov closes the top three leaders both in terms of mention and information favoredness. The greatest media attention was attracted by the statement of the permanent leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation about participation in the presidential elections in 2008 and his forecast of the results of the parliamentary elections in 2007, according to which the Communists count on a fifth of the seats in the State Duma.

Traditionally, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky , who willingly spoke out about the blockade of Georgia, the murder of Anna Politkovskaya and a number of other important events, enjoys increased interest among the media. Dmitry Rogozin has significantly improved his position in the information space. The former leader of the Rodina party took an active part in the preparation of the State Duma resolution “On the anti-Russian and anti-democratic position of the Georgian authorities”, making an emotional speech to parliamentarians, which was delivered with a Georgian accent. Rogozin’s statement about his intention to participate in the preparation of the “Russian March” did not go unnoticed by the media.

Vladimir Medinsky made a sharp leap upward in the ratings of the IIB, who spoke about the upcoming anti-smoking bills. For the first time, Evgeniy Roizman entered the top twenty in terms of mention, but this result can hardly be classified as positive. The increase in media interest is a consequence of the deputy’s brawl live on Radio Ural with Evgeny Zyablitsev. As a result, it is not included in the IB ranking.