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The main topics discussed in the media in October
The data for the rating was calculated on October 31, 2008.The rating was calculated by an automatic online system based on materials from more than 3,500 major Russian media, including TV, radio, press, news agencies and online publications.
A total of 908,956 messages were analyzed.
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According to an analysis of the information field in October, the most discussed topic in the Russian media was the financial crisis. In addition to media coverage of the government's anti-crisis actions, the information flow was replete with regular stock market reports. In particular, in October, trading on the MICEX and RTS exchanges was suspended several times for quite a long period of time.
The second most frequently mentioned topic in the media was the topic of the latest political crisis in Ukraine, namely the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada and the presidential decree on holding early parliamentary elections on December 7. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her colleagues in parliament blocked the start of the election campaign, which prompted a response from the president, aggravating the already unstable political situation. According to Yulia Tymoshenko and BYuT, against the backdrop of the financial crisis that has shaken Ukraine, it is necessary to develop urgent anti-crisis measures that will require significant funds. And in this situation, investing state reserves in the election campaign is the least effective.
In third place in the ranking is the presentation of the Nobel Prizes for 2008. Among them, the most mentioned news was the award of the Peace Prize to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari “for his efforts to resolve international conflicts on several continents over three decades.” According to experts, the main “merit” of Ahtisaari, taken into account by the Nobel Committee, was the plan that led to the independence of Kosovo.
The top five topics discussed in the media in October included the sudden death of Omsk Avangard hockey player Alexei Cherepanov and the summit of the heads of the CIS in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). The statement made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during the summit about the need to discuss ways out of the global financial crisis in a broader format than the G8, with the involvement of countries such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, caused a great resonance in the world community.
| Financial crisis: Regular suspension of trading on the MICEX and RTS | 1990 | |
| V. Yushchenko announced holding early elections to the Verkhovna Rada | 1226 | |
| The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari | 919 | |
| Omsk Avangard hockey player Alexey Cherepanov has died | 853 | |
| Summit of CIS heads | 546 | |
| Russian-Ukrainian negotiations on gas prices | 524 | |
| Russia has introduced a ban on the import of Chinese-made products | 484 | |
| Explosion at peacekeepers' headquarters in South Ossetia | 322 | |
| International Forum in Evian | 248 | |
| Staircase collapse in one of the schools in the Orenburg region | 371 |