Deputies in the media

October 24 -- November 24, 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 2,700 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	2983
2	0	ZHIRINOVSKY Vladimir Volfovich	1121
3	0	ZYUGANOV Gennady Andreevich	744
4	+1	ROGOZIN Dmitry Olegovich	595
5	+18	SLISKA Lyubov Konstantinovna	517
6	+33	KURYANOVICH Nikolai Vladimirovich	480
7	+4	BABAKOV Alexander Mikhailovich	433
7	-1	VOLODIN Vyacheslav Viktorovich	433
8	-4	ISAEV Andrey Konstantinovich	380
9	0	KOSACHEV Konstantin Iosifovich	368
10	+19	PLIGIN Vladimir Nikolaevich	366
11	+1	BABURIN Sergey Nikolaevich	348
12	+15	GUDKOV Gennady Vladimirovich	328
13	-5	MOROZOV Oleg Viktorovich	310
14	+6	MITROFANOV Alexey Valentinovich	295
15	+9	SHAKKUM Martin Lucianovich	282
16	+1	AKSAKOV Anatoly Gennadievich	275
17	+14	PEKHTIN Vladimir Alekseevich	267
18	-4	RYZHKOV Vladimir Alexandrovich	262
19	+34	MOKRY Vladimir Semenovich	257

Information favored Change of position in the ranking Information favored index

1	0	GRYZLOV Boris Vyacheslavovich	1970.59
2	+2	ZHIRINOVSKY Vladimir Volfovich	659.03
3	+4	ZYUGANOV Gennady Andreevich	421.74
4	-2	KOSACHEV Konstantin Iosifovich	349.33
5	+23	PLIGIN Vladimir Nikolaevich	293.23
6	-1	VOLODIN Vyacheslav Viktorovich	246.99
7	+17	GUDKOV Gennady Vladimirovich	246.85
8	-5	MOROZOV Oleg Viktorovich	229.24
9	+12	SHAKKUM Martin Lucianovich	212.48
10	+9	MITROFANOV Alexey Valentinovich	211.95
11	-2	ISAEV Andrey Konstantinovich	206.42
12	+10	AKSAKOV Anatoly Gennadievich	197.18
13	+21	KATRENKO Vladimir Semenovich	195.57
14	+39	PEKHTIN Vladimir Alekseevich	193.18
15	+261	FEDOROV Evgeniy Alekseevich	190.55
16	-6	BABAKOV Alexander Mikhailovich	182.12
17	-2	BABURIN Sergey Nikolaevich	165.95
18	+8	SLISKA Lyubov Konstantinovna	164.07
19	-11	LEBEDEV Alexander Evgenievich	163.59
20	-14	KRASHENINNIKOV Pavel Vladimirovich	162.98

A feature of the current rating is the complete coincidence of the composition and hierarchy of the top three in terms of mention and information favoredness. The retention of clear first place by Boris Gryzlov largely determined the media attention to the statement of the State Duma speaker regarding the introduction of a state monopoly on the production of strong alcohol, as well as to Gryzlov’s unexpected speech against plans to abolish the election of mayors of large cities. For Vice Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, improving the information image became possible thanks to more active coverage of the deputy’s activities on television channels. Among the speeches of the LDPR leader, of particular interest were his comments on amendments to the law on the tax on maternity capital, as well as the apology that Vladimir Volfovich publicly brought to Yuri Luzhkov for previously expressed complaints about the organization of automobile traffic in Moscow. Gennady Zyuganov strengthened his media position mainly through mentions in the context of the anniversary of the October Revolution, traditionally celebrated by the communists.

Significant progress in two ratings at once was recorded by the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation , Vladimir Pligin . He found himself in the center of media attention as the head of the relevant committee, which was one of the initiators of introducing an amendment to the State Duma that would abolish the minimum turnout threshold for elections. And the record move in the ranking for favored information belongs to the newly appointed Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy , Evgeniy Fedorov . Replacing Valery Draganov, who had gone into business, Fedorov took the place of head of one of the key committees of the State Duma, which affected his position in the media space.

The anti-hero of the November ratings can be called deputy Nikolai Kuryanovich , who found himself in the center of media attention due to his participation in organizing the scandalous “Russian March”. Ultimately becoming sixth in terms of the number of mentions, Kuryanovich was not even included in the hundred most successfully represented deputies in the media.