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Heads of regions in the media
January 1 -- February 1, 2008
“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 sequentially 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 heads of foreign states. 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) | 3183 |
| 2 | 0 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna (St. Petersburg) | 2336 |
| 3 | +1 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich (Sverdlovsk region) | 1190 |
| 4 | +2 | KADYROV Ramzan Akhmatovich (Chechen Republic) | 1127 |
| 5 | 0 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich (Nizhny Novgorod region) | 803 |
| 6 | -3 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | 738 |
| 7 | +10 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich (Chelyabinsk region) | 709 |
| 8 | +17 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich (Leningrad region) | 703 |
| 9 | +2 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich (Krasnoyarsk region) | 641 |
| 10 | +2 | DARKIN Sergey Mikhailovich (Primorsky Territory) | 636 |
| 11 | +3 | ARTYAKOV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Samara region) | 624 |
| 12 | -3 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Tyumen region) | 600 |
| 13 | -5 | TULEEV Aman Gumirovich (Kemerovo region) | 570 |
| 14 | -4 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | 561 |
| 15 | +3 | TOLOKONSKY Viktor Alexandrovich (Novosibirsk region) | 519 |
| 16 | -1 | MOROZOV Sergey Ivanovich (Ulyanovsk region) | 451 |
| 17 | +6 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich (Moscow region) | 430 |
| 18 | -11 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich (Tatarstan) | 428 |
| 19 | 0 | TISHANIN Alexander Georgievich (Irkutsk region) | 427 |
| 20 | +2 | NAGOVITSYN Vyacheslav Vladimirovich (Buryatia) | 385 |
Information favored
| 1 | 0 | LUZHKOV Yuri Mikhailovich (Moscow) | 2164.21 |
| 2 | 0 | MATVIENKO Valentina Ivanovna (St. Petersburg) | 1880.01 |
| 3 | +5 | KADYROV Ramzan Akhmatovich (Chechen Republic) | 1178.75 |
| 4 | +3 | ROSSEL Eduard Ergartovich (Sverdlovsk region) | 896.78 |
| 5 | +11 | SUMIN Petr Ivanovich (Chelyabinsk region) | 508.65 |
| 6 | 0 | SHANTSEV Valery Pavlinovich (Nizhny Novgorod region) | 491.29 |
| 7 | +42 | GENIATULIN Ravil Faritovich (Chita region) | 486.11 |
| 8 | +2 | YAKUSHEV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Tyumen region) | 417.98 |
| 9 | 0 | FILIPENKO Alexander Vasilievich (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | 410.47 |
| 10 | +26 | SERDIUKOV Valery Pavlovich (Leningrad region) | 404.64 |
| 11 | +2 | DARKIN Sergey Mikhailovich (Primorsky Territory) | 400.58 |
| 12 | -8 | ABRAMOVICH Roman Arkadievich (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | 378.55 |
| 13 | +1 | KHLOPONIN Alexander Gennadievich (Krasnoyarsk region) | 366.08 |
| 14 | +1 | SHAIMIEV Mintimer Sharipovich (Tatarstan) | 266.24 |
| 15 | +14 | GROMOV Boris Vsevolodovich (Moscow region) | 249.58 |
| 16 | +6 | TOLOKONSKY Viktor Alexandrovich (Novosibirsk region) | 240.22 |
| 17 | +4 | SHTYROV Vyacheslav Anatolievich (Sakha) | 219.49 |
| 18 | +15 | ARTYAKOV Vladimir Vladimirovich (Samara region) | 218.36 |
| 19 | +19 | KUZNETSOV Mikhail Varfolomeevich (Pskov region) | 210.07 |
| 20 | +4 | RAKHIMOV Murtaza Gubaidulovich (Bashkortostan) | 202.69 |
The first line of both ratings is still occupied by Yuri Luzhkov . The high index of information favorability index (IFI) of the capital's mayor was formed due to the frequent mention of the mayor in the media. Despite the absence of bright information events that stood out from the entire media flow during the period under study due to the New Year holidays, some events regarding Yuri Mikhailovich are still worth noting. Firstly, the mayor called for the construction of “people’s” (inexpensive, multi-level, standard) garages in the city to be put on stream. Secondly, Yu. Luzhkov, fearing the “collapse of the metro,” proposed creating a “parallel metro” independent of the existing metro in the capital.
The most striking news event regarding the St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko , which influenced her media rating, was the hearing in the St. Petersburg City Court in the case of preparing an attempt on Ms. Matvienko. Another event, more cultural in nature, but also significantly influencing the governor’s mentionability and her media image, was the auction of paintings painted by VIPs. “Bear” by V. Matvienko sold for 11 million rubles.
Third place in the ranking of regional leaders most favorably represented in the media is occupied by Ramzan Kadyrov . The relatively smooth information field of the Chechen president throughout January was “disturbed” by certain events that affected the mentionability and media image of R. Kadyrov in the media. Thus, in the middle of the month it became known that the President of Chechnya resigned from the post of secretary of the republican organization “United Russia” and became a member of the party’s supreme council. And Grozny City Day will henceforth be celebrated on R. Kadyrov’s birthday, October 5. The city administration so highly appreciated the president’s contribution to the restoration of Grozny.
The frequent mention in the media of Sverdlovsk Governor Eduard Rossel is primarily due to the region’s preparations for the elections to the regional Duma, which will be held on March 2. E. Rossel topped the regional list of United Russia members. Another event that received resonance in the media was the letter from the governor to the head of Roskultura, M. Shvydkoy, with a request to exclude 54 buildings in Yekaterinburg from the list of historical and architectural monuments. The action is justified by the dilapidated state of the buildings and, as a consequence, their negative impact on the appearance of the city. E. Rossel proposes to move some of the remaining monuments and begin construction on the vacant site.
The greatest movement in the IIB ranking in January was made by Ravil Geniatulin . The rapid growth of information indicators was caused by the proposal of the candidacy of R. Geniatulin for the post of governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory by Russian President V. Putin.