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Governors in the media
January 22 -- February 22, 2007
“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
| 1 | 0 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich (Moscow) | 3391 |
| 2 | 0 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna (St. Petersburg) | 2046 |
| 3 | +4 | KADYROV Ramzan Akhmadovich (Chechen Republic) | 1519 |
| 4 | -1 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich (Nizhny Novgorod region) | 1067 |
| 5 | -1 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | 1056 |
| 6 | 0 | TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich (Krasnodar region) | 932 |
| 7 | +5 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Tyumen region) | 803 |
| 8 | +6 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich (Krasnoyarsk region) | 780 |
| 9 | -4 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich (Tatarstan, rep.) | 743 |
| 10 | 0 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich (Sverdlovsk region) | 703 |
| 11 | +4 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | 618 |
| 12 | +4 | TITOV Konstantin Alekseevich (Samara region) | 544 |
| 13 | +5 | TULEEV Aman Gumirovich (Kemerovo region) | 517 |
| 14 | -6 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich (Chelyabinsk region) | 508 |
| 15 | +14 | SHTYROV Vyacheslav Anatolyevich (Sakha, rep.) | 501 |
| 16 | -3 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich (Leningrad region) | 486 |
| 17 | -8 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich (Moscow region) | 477 |
| 18 | +2 | KISELEV Nikolay Ivanovich (Arkhangelsk region) | 470 |
| 19 | -2 | MOROZOV Sergey Ivanovich (Ulyanovsk region) | 447 |
| 20 | +14 | EVDOKIMOV Yuri Alekseevich (Murmansk region) | 422 |
Information favored
| 1 | +2 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich (Moscow) | 1983.52 |
| 2 | +3 | KADYROV Ramzan Akhmadovich (Chechen Republic) | 1183.31 |
| 3 | +1 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | 1143.91 |
| 4 | -3 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich (Tatarstan, rep.) | 952.85 |
| 5 | -3 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna (St. Petersburg) | 756.47 |
| 6 | +2 | TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich (Krasnodar region) | 399.10 |
| 7 | +56 | EVDOKIMOV Yuri Alekseevich (Murmansk region) | 376.27 |
| 8 | -2 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich (Nizhny Novgorod region) | 365.39 |
| 9 | +20 | SHTYROV Vyacheslav Anatolyevich (Sakha, rep.) | 338.81 |
| 10 | +5 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Tyumen region) | 319.37 |
| 11 | 0 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich (Sverdlovsk region) | 298.95 |
| 12 | +9 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich (Krasnoyarsk region) | 286.97 |
| 13 | -1 | MOROZOV Sergey Ivanovich (Ulyanovsk region) | 280.60 |
| 14 | -1 | TULEEV Aman Gumirovich (Kemerovo region) | 253.86 |
| 15 | -6 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich (Moscow region) | 233.38 |
| 16 | -9 | BOOS Georgy Valentinovich (Kaliningrad region) | 218.19 |
| 17 | -1 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | 197.71 |
| 18 | +2 | DARKIN Sergey Mikhailovich (Primorsky Territory) | 183.90 |
| 19 | +6 | ZELENIN Dmitry Vadimovich (Tver region) | 175.91 |
| 20 | -10 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich (Chelyabinsk region) | 174.92 |
At the top of both ratings is Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov . The capital's mayor is always in the spotlight of the media, but this time his separation from other participants has become even more significant due to widespread coverage of the problem of the return of labor migrants to Moscow markets. In view of the current situation of “empty” shelves and under pressure from the Moscow public, outraged by the lack of goods in most markets, the mayor abolished quotas for retail spaces for the Moscow region.
For the first time in the top three information leaders is former Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov. On January 15, it became known about his appointment as acting. President of the Republic in connection with the resignation and appointment to another position of Allu Alkhanov. Kadyrov Jr. immediately attracted the attention of the press by taking the initiative to sign a special oil agreement with the federal government, according to which all proceeds from the sale of Chechen oil would remain in the republic. The initiative, however, did not gain support either in the center or in Chechnya itself. The information about his awarding the annual international award “Person of the Year 2006” had a positive impact on the image of the Chechen leader.
From an information point of view, the past month has also been successful for Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich . The central media, including television channels, circulated the message that the president highly appreciated him as head of the region and did not accept his resignation. Abramovich's first place in the recently published ranking of the richest people in Russia did not go unnoticed by the press.
In terms of mentionability, the head of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, traditionally occupies a high position in the ranking. Last month, the main attention of the press was focused on the pre-election situation in the region, namely the problems associated with the registration of opposition parties. Protest rallies organized by Yabloko supporters in defense of their party, as well as the city election commission’s recognition of the legality of holding a referendum on the construction of the Gazprom City skyscraper in the center of St. Petersburg, did not allow Valentina Matvienko to retain her place in the top three in information favor.
The heads of the Murmansk region and Yakutia - Yuri Evdokimov and Vyacheslav Shtyrov - made a significant breakthrough in the ranking of the IIB. The main news story of the month for both was the confirmation of each for a fourth term as heads of their regions.