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Heads of regions in the media
February 23 -- March 23, 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 3,000 of the largest Russian media, including TV, radio, press, news agencies and online publications.
Mentions
| 1 | 0 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich (Moscow) | 3060 |
| 2 | 0 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna (St. Petersburg) | 2568 |
| 3 | 0 | KADYROV Ramzan Akhmatovich (Chechen Republic) | 2109 |
| 4 | +9 | TULEEV Aman Gumirovich (Kemerovo region) | 1225 |
| 5 | 0 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | 1098 |
| 6 | +18 | CHERNOGOROV Alexander Leonidovich (Stavropol Territory) | 779 |
| 7 | +1 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich (Krasnoyarsk region) | 693 |
| 8 | -4 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich (Nizhny Novgorod region) | 667 |
| 9 | +1 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich (Sverdlovsk region) | 639 |
| 10 | +1 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | 587 |
| 11 | -5 | TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich (Krasnodar region) | 578 |
| 12 | +6 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich (Moscow region) | 561 |
| 13 | +2 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich (Leningrad region) | 556 |
| 14 | -5 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich (Tatarstan, rep.) | 546 |
| 15 | +1 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich (Chelyabinsk region) | 526 |
| 16 | -4 | TITOV Konstantin Alekseevich (Samara region) | 518 |
| 17 | +12 | KRESS Viktor Melkhiorovich (Tomsk region) | 416 |
| 18 | +10 | KATANANDOV Sergey Leonidovich (Karelia, rep.) | 323 |
| 19 | -5 | SHTYROV Vyacheslav Anatolyevich (Sakha, rep.) | 315 |
| 20 | -13 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Tyumen region) | 311 |
Information favored
| 1 | +2 | KADYROV Ramzan Akhmatovich (Chechen Republic) | 3128.31 |
| 2 | -1 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich (Moscow) | 1440.04 |
| 3 | +2 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna (St. Petersburg) | 1032.54 |
| 4 | -2 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | 827.10 |
| 5 | +46 | STROEV Egor Semenovich (Oryol region) | 748.77 |
| 6 | +8 | TULEEV Aman Gumirovich (Kemerovo region) | 729.08 |
| 7 | +19 | KRESS Viktor Melkhiorovich (Tomsk region) | 346.80 |
| 8 | +32 | MASHKOVTSEV Mikhail Borisovich (Kamchatka region) | 315.70 |
| 9 | -5 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich (Tatarstan, rep.) | 293.91 |
| 10 | -3 | TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich (Krasnodar region) | 272.31 |
| 11 | -5 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich (Nizhny Novgorod region) | 267.42 |
| 12 | -1 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich (Sverdlovsk region) | 258.82 |
| 13 | +6 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich (Chelyabinsk region) | 226.65 |
| 14 | +4 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | 219.18 |
| 15 | -3 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich (Krasnoyarsk region) | 208.15 |
| 16 | +6 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich (Leningrad region) | 174.04 |
| 17 | -1 | BOOS Georgy Valentinovich (Kaliningrad region) | 173.48 |
| 18 | -9 | SHTYROV Vyacheslav Anatolyevich (Sakha, rep.) | 161.70 |
| 19 | -9 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Tyumen region) | 127.32 |
| 20 | +19 | KANOKOV Arsen Bashirovich (Kabardino-Balkaria, rep.) | 122.91 |
A characteristic feature of the current media ratings is the identical composition of the top three. For the first time, the new President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, came out on top in information favorability. Such high media indicators are primarily due to the proposal of his candidacy for the post of head of the region by Vladimir Putin and subsequent confirmation of his candidacy by the Chechen parliament. In addition, the image of the young president began to improve sharply against the backdrop of the zeal with which Kadyrov Jr. took on the restoration of his republic, enlisting the support of the most influential representatives of the Chechen communities in Russia. The result is natural - first place in IIB.
The traditional leader of both ratings, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, retained first place in terms of mention, but in the rating of information favorability he is noticeably inferior to the Chechen leader. The publication of plans to double the pace of subway construction and his participation in the summit of mayors of the largest G8 cities had a positive impact on the image of the Moscow mayor. In addition, the attention of the press was attracted by information that the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow satisfied the claim of Yuri Luzhkov against lawyer Anatoly Kucherena for the protection of honor and dignity in the framework of the case of relocation of residents in Yuzhny Butovo.
Valentina Matvienko returned to the top three governors most successfully presented in the media. The improvement in the information image of the head of the northern capital is associated with her support for the candidacy of Sergei Mironov for the post of senator from St. Petersburg and the awarding of Ms. Matvienko with the Order of Honor of the Hellenic Republic. In addition, the governor of St. Petersburg proposed introducing liability for parties for failure to fulfill their election promises, trying to somewhat dilute the situation in the region, which is heating up with the opposition, after the elections to the city’s legislative assembly.
A significant breakthrough in the ranking in the IIB was made by the head of the Oryol region Egor Stroev , who celebrated his 70th anniversary and received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, fourth degree, from the hands of the President of the Russian Federation. Kamchatka Governor Mikhail Mashkovtsev's entry into the top twenty in information favorability is due to his transition to a new position - assistant to the head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation.