Information and analytical company Medialogia compiled an official ranking of the most famous people of Russia in 2016. The main criterion for creating the rating was the number of messages in which this or that person was mentioned in the Russian media. It covers the period from January to December 2016. The media includes more than 35,000 different television channels, radio programs, newspapers, magazines and online news.
10. Ulyukaev Alexey Valentinovich
Opens the rating of the most media Russians people, of course, extremely famous, but hardly popular. This is the infamous Alexei Ulyukaev, who in November of this year was improved in receiving a bribe of $ 2 million. Interestingly, the Rosneft company, which offered Ulyukaev a bribe, nevertheless received a controlling stake in Bashneft. The number of references to Ulyukaev in the media is 125,377.
9. Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmatovich
Kadyrov is a versatile personality. An athlete, an honorary academician and - unexpectedly - a popular blogger. Kadyrov has an account on Instagram and VKontakte. The main events of 2016 discussed, which brought Ramzan 126,876 references in the media, this decision to name one of the Petersburg bridges by the name of Akhmat Kadyrov and the participation of the children of the Chechen president in demonstration fights in mixed martial arts without protective equipment.
8. Patriarch Kirill (in the world of Gundyaev Vladimir Mikhailovich)
In February 2016, the Patriarch of All Russia met with Pope Francis the First for the first time after the split of the churches in 1054. Church hierarchs met in Cuba, at the airport, and signed a joint declaration, complete, as usual, with many good intentions. Mentioned in the Russian media - 127 612.
7. Mutko Vitaliy Leontyevich
The president of the Russian Football Union received his share of fame - 146,014 references in the media thanks to the "doping scandal" of the World Anti-Doping Agency. According to WADA, all Russian athletes are doping, and Mutko covers them. As a result of the accusations, Mutko could not attend the Olympics in the summer sunny Rio de Janeiro.
6. Vorobyov Andrey Yuryevich
The frequency of media references to the governor of the Moscow Region (174,645), it seems, does not depend on high-profile events, but simply on the significance of the region under his control. The board proceeds quietly, peacefully: first in the summer he opened an agricultural exhibition, then he promised to increase the salaries of teachers.
5. Sobyanin Sergey Semenovich
The fifth number is another city-planning person of the top 10 media - the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin. He became famous for a number of controversial decisions to improve the capital of Russia, ranging from the "night of long buckets" to the flooded streets of Moscow due to problems with storm drains, the launch of the third ring of the underground metro and lights in the form of glasses with champagne in the New Year's capital. In any case, according to Muscovites, Sobyanin is to blame for everything. Mentioned in the media - 188 623.
4. Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich
It’s not easy for the Minister of Foreign Affairs to live in the world - morons get into a press conference or sheer pussies in the US election race, which, apparently, negatively affects the emotional organization of the popular Russian politician. True, in addition to juicy expressions, Lavrov also spoke on the phone with US Secretary of State Kerry, discussed politics in the Middle East and reported that Ukraine was hurt by unscrupulous politicians. Mentioned in the media - 201 829.
3. Peskov Dmitry Sergeevich
The surge of public interest in the person of the press secretary of the President of Russia was aroused by two events that look outwardly incomparable. One of them is his appearance at a car wash in red sweatpants and ugg boots, for some reason aroused a storm of emotions on the Internet, and the second is a discussion about censorship with Konstantin Raikin. Raikin talked about the notorious freedom of creativity, and Peskov that whoever pays a girl dances her. Whatever it was, Dmitry received his 250,374 media references.
2. Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich
Russian truth-seeker Alexei Navalny continues to delight the public with scandals, intrigues and investigations. In September 2016, he captured on a video using a quadrocopter luxurious mansions that do not seem to belong to the Prime Minister of Russia, but at the same time they belong. Estimated costs for the restoration of the Milovka estate from the state pocket are 25-30 billion rubles, and media references to Medvedev - 574 731.
1. Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich
And the first place in the list of the most mentioned in the mass media of Runet 2016 people, of course, is the president of the Russian Federation. Putin is the most influential person in 2016, an extremely popular figure not only in domestic paper and online publications, but also in foreign ones. No wonder, especially against the backdrop of the main political events in the world - the war in Syria and the scandalous victory of Donald Trump in the US elections. The total number of references to Putin in the media is 1,987,736.
