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Ministers in the media
August 18 -- September 18, 2009
“Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.“Politicians through the Eyes of the Media” are published weekly: 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 and governments. 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 favorability in relation to each political person. 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.
Mentions of persons in the federal press and on air on central TV channels
| 1 | 0 | PUTIN Vladimir Vladimirovich | 4 102 |
| 2 | 0 | KUDRIN Alexey Leonidovich | 675 |
| 3 | +10 | SHOIGU Sergei Kuzhugetovich | 389 |
| 4 | -1 | NURGALIEV Rashid Gumarovich | 388 |
| 5 | +6 | SHUVALOV Igor Ivanovich | 326 |
| 6 | +15 | SHMATKO Sergey Ivanovich | 307 |
| 7 | -2 | SERDIUKOV Anatoly Eduardovich | 259 |
| 8 | +2 | FURSENKO Andrey Alexandrovich | 235 |
| 9 | 0 | SECHIN Igor Ivanovich | 200 |
| 10 | +6 | NABIULLINA Elvira Sakhipzadovna | 161 |
| 11 | -5 | LAVROV Sergey Viktorovich | 160 |
| 12 | -4 | ZUBKOV Viktor Alekseevich | 147 |
| 12 | -8 | GOLIKOVA Tatyana Alekseevna | 147 |
| 13 | -6 | IVANOV Sergey Borisovich | 138 |
| 14 | +1 | SKRYNNIK Elena Borisovna | 135 |
| 15 | +8 | Sergei Semenovich SOBYANIN | 109 |
| 16 | +4 | SHCHEGOLEV Igor Olegovich | 104 |
| 17 | +1 | ZHUKOV Alexander Dmitrievich | 98 |
| 18 | -1 | KHRISTENKO Viktor Borisovich | 95 |
| 19 | -7 | LEVITIN Igor Evgenievich | 89 |
| 20 | +2 | KOZAK Dmitry Nikolaevich | 77 |
| 21 | -2 | BASARGIN Viktor Fedorovich | 67 |
| 22 | -5 | AVDEEV Alexander Alekseevich | 51 |
| 23 | -9 | MUTKO Vitaly Leontievich | 45 |
| 24 | -7 | KONOVALOV Alexander Vladimirovich | 41 |
| 25 | -1 | TRUTNEV Yuri Petrovich | 32 |
Information favored
| 1 | 0 | PUTIN Vladimir Vladimirovich | 26,673.06 |
| 2 | 0 | KUDRIN Alexey Leonidovich | 4,718.95 |
| 3 | +10 | SHMATKO Sergey Ivanovich | 3,536.14 |
| 4 | +3 | SHUVALOV Igor Ivanovich | 3,372.29 |
| 5 | +16 | SHOIGU Sergei Kuzhugetovich | 2,226.19 |
| 6 | -2 | SECHIN Igor Ivanovich | 2,160.57 |
| 7 | -2 | NURGALIEV Rashid Gumarovich | 1,570.02 |
| 8 | -5 | LAVROV Sergey Viktorovich | 1,286.31 |
| 9 | +9 | SHCHEGOLEV Igor Olegovich | 1,188.83 |
| 10 | +15 | Sergei Semenovich SOBYANIN | 1,187.01 |
| 11 | -2 | ZUBKOV Viktor Alekseevich | 1,165.04 |
| 12 | -4 | SERDIUKOV Anatoly Eduardovich | 1,052.61 |
| 13 | +7 | NABIULLINA Elvira Sakhipzadovna | 1,011.48 |
| 14 | -8 | GOLIKOVA Tatyana Alekseevna | 965.32 |
| 15 | +2 | SKRYNNIK Elena Borisovna | 929.80 |
| 16 | -5 | IVANOV Sergey Borisovich | 894.03 |
| 17 | +5 | KHRISTENKO Viktor Borisovich | 846.54 |
| 18 | +5 | ZHUKOV Alexander Dmitrievich | 641.07 |
| 19 | +5 | KOZAK Dmitry Nikolaevich | 605.53 |
| 20 | -6 | BASARGIN Viktor Fedorovich | 545.22 |
| 21 | -2 | LEVITIN Igor Evgenievich | 484.62 |
| 22 | -10 | MUTKO Vitaly Leontievich | 370.02 |
| 23 | -7 | AVDEEV Alexander Alekseevich | 332.88 |
| 24 | -9 | KONOVALOV Alexander Vladimirovich | 293.41 |
| 25 | +1 | TRUTNEV Yuri Petrovich | 197.53 |
| 26 | -16 | FURSENKO Andrey Alexandrovich | 173.34 |
The permanent leader of two media ratings, Vladimir Putin, became the center of attention from the media on the tenth anniversary of his confirmation as prime minister. Vladimir Putin's trip to Poland, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, also became the subject of media analysis. During the reporting period, the Prime Minister also took part in the opening of the International Aerospace Salon.
Alexey Kudrin retains second place in terms of the Information Favorability Index (IFI) and in terms of mention in the media. The Deputy Prime Minister supported the opinion of First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov that the Russian economy has emerged from the acute, “shock” phase of the crisis. The Minister of Finance reported that in August GDP growth was already 1.5%. Mr. Kudrin also took part in a meeting on the problems of forming the federal budget for 2010. Later, in an interview with Reuters, the head of the Ministry of Finance said that he does not predict a significant change in the ruble exchange rate in the next three years.
Sergey Shmatko took third place in IIB. As last month, the most significant event for the head of the Ministry of Energy was a meeting with representatives of generating companies. Mr. Shmatko rejected the threat of a winter electricity shortage and also promised to prevent an unreasonable rise in prices. Later, the minister announced his intention to appeal to the government with a request to recalculate tariffs for generating companies in Siberia for 2010 in connection with the disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station. In September, Sergei Shmatko voiced the position of the Russian government - refusal to coordinate oil export volumes with OPEC.
The most noticeable progress to the top of the two media ratings was demonstrated by Sergei Sobyanin and Sergei Shoigu, who was third in the number of messages.
During his visit to Kazan, Sergei Sobyanin explained the tasks of “electronic government” and declared Tatarstan a base platform for creating a mobile regional management system and replicating it for other constituent entities of the Russian Federation. At a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the head of the government staff spoke about the success of introducing electronic document management in ministries and departments.
The key events for the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were a report to President Dmitry Medvedev and an exclusive interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta on rescue work at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.