Pop diva Alla Pugacheva, number 2 in Kommersant's rating, is a multiple vice-champion of the annual elite rating.
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Three Dimensions of Russian Elite
Kommersant rating
This year, Kommersant is presenting an elite rating in three dimensions – national, business and social and political. Names sometimes overlap in these lists, but still they are worth being dwelled on.
National Elite
The first rating is Kommersant’s traditional list based on an opinion poll held by the VTsIOM polling agency at Kommersant’s commission.
1,600 Russians of different age, sex, social and financial standing, from different parts of the country were asked to name Russians who deserve to be called “elite”. The final rating includes those who have received at least 0.5 percent of the respondents’ vote. The rating ranged the famous people by the number of the votes that they got.
The rating’s highest scorers have at the top of the list for the last six years. Russian President Vladimir Putin is the rating’s six-time champion. Pop singer Alla Pugachev is a multiple vice-champion.
Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu and Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky have retained their places in the top 10. Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has gone down to the lowest position since the first rating, coming in 11th.
However, 2006 has seen changes. Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has made a spectacular jump to number 3 from last year’s number 75 which he shared with Anastasia Volochkova, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lyudmila Zykina, Sergey Kapitsa, Garry Kasparov, Eldar Ryazanov and Mikhail Ulyanov. This year, Mr. Medvedev is third after the Putin-Pugacheva tandem. His rating is 50 percent behind the president’s showing and 9 percent short of the pop diva’s points. Time will show what will happen to Medvedev’s increasing popularity in 12 months’ time.
No surprisingly, Dmitry Medvedev is followed by another deputy prime minister, Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov who has gone up to number 4 from number 8.
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has also added some points to his last year’s rating, up from position 24 to number 6.
St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko is the third woman in Kommersant’s elite rating (after Alla Pugacheva and Irina Khakamada) to enter the top 10. In addition, St. Petersburg leader has managed to outperform Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov. Here is our top 10: Vladimir Putin, Alla Pugacheva, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergey Ivanov, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Mikhail Fradkov, Sergey Shoigu, Valentina Matvienko, Iosif Kobzon and Boris Gryzlov.
The rating’s second ten features not only residents of Russia’s two biggest cities but also people from other localities. Roman Abramovich (Andyr – London) is ranked 13th. Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleev comes in 15th. The entries are becoming more diverse as the list goes on. Names of politicians and artists come along with names of athletes, business people and other professionals.
Anatoly Chubais, Russia’s chief power man, shares number 21 with figure skater Evgeny Plyushchenko and speaker of Federation Council Sergey Mirononv. Vladislav Tretyak is ranked 28th. This man may as well spend time selling snow scooters, sitting at Duma sessions or heading the national ice-hockey association, but he won the love of the whole country long ago with his goal-keeping hockey stick in his right hand. Let us look at the fifth ten to see the rating’s diversity. Number 41 is the place for tennis player Maria Sharapova and singer Oleg Gazmanov. Number 43 is for Russia’s ex-president Boris Yeltsin. Political émigré Boris Berezovsky is at number 44. Pop singer Dima Bilan comes next with Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev following at number 46. Rank 47 is for composer Alexandra Pakhmutova, tycoon Vladimir Potanin and folk singer Nadezhda Babkina.
It is worth noting this year’s new entries and those who have dropped out of the rating.
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| Figure skating world champion Irina Slutskaya is ranked 52nd in Kommersant’s Russian elite rating. |
Figure skater Irina Slutskaya and businessman Alexander Abramov (both ranked 52nd) are the highest scores among newcomers. Number 58 is occupied by two debutants – pop singer Valeria and football coach Oleg Romantsev. It is hard to say how exactly Mr. Romantsev contributed to Russian football in 2006 but vox populi is vox populi.
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, the star of the Moya Prekrasnaya Nyanya TV series, came in 72nd. Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin is at number 87. The 92nd place is shared by the rating’s habitués and two newcomers – comedian Elena Stepanenko and figure skater Tatyana Navka.
Other new entries incluce politician Boris Nemtsov, athletes Anastasia Myskina, Ilya Averbukh, Alexey Yagudin, governors Alexander Khloponin, Valery Shantsev, Leonid Polezhaev, singer Nikolay Rastorguev, TV anchors Alexey Pimanov and Dmitry Nagiev, actor Marat Basharov, senator from Tuva in the Federation Council Lyudmila Narusova.
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| Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin is ranked 87 in Kommersant’s Russian elite rating. He comes into fashion or falls out of it – last year he did not enter the elite list. |
This year’s drop-outs are Presidential envoy to the Southern federal district Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin, songwriter and TV anchor Andrey Makarevich, film director Eldar Ryazanov, lawyer Pavel Astakhov, tennis player Anna Kournikova, poet Bella Akhmadulina, novelist Alexandra Marinina, sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, comedian Klara Novikova and other celebrated personalities.
Business elite
While VTsIOM was busy polling 1,600 Russians about who should be considered Russia’s elite, Kommersant asked members of the Russian Managers Association the same question. 104 people were polled. Most respondents are in top jobs – directors general, directors, members of the BOD, vice-presidents, heads of departments and others. Their companies operate in various industries. Each company was represented by only one member in the poll. We do not give names of those surveyed so that the business people who did not enter the rating do not feel resentful. Out of 259 candidates only people with at least five votes were listed in the final rating. The rating has 54 names. Quite naturally, the rating is full of names of business people. In contrast, showbiz people are rare, even though Russians overwhelmingly consider them elite thanks to their enormous TV presence. This must be the only difference between the rating “from managers” and the rating “from people”. However, the two ratings overlap in the charts’ top positions.
Vladimir Putin has topped the RMA rating like he did with the Russian rating. The first rating’s number 2 Alla Pugacheva is, however, ranked 38th in the managers’ survey, which is not really bad, compared to showings of her colleagues. Film director Nikita Mikhalkov is the biggest scorer from show business in the rating. He is ranked 4th, compared to number 12 in the national rating. In VTsIOM’s survey Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov comes in 4th after Dmitry Medvedev. In the managers’ rating, the two officials share number 15.
Yury Luzhkov, Anatoly Chubais, Sergey Shoigu and Roman Abramovich have scored high in the two ratings.
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| Andrey Malakhov is Russia’s most popular TV host, according to Kommersant’s rating. He came in 17th this year. |
In contrast, Liberal Democratic Party’s leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky got only two votes and failed to enter the rating, falling short of the required minimal five votes. The same goes for Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov. Politicians Grigory Yavlinsky and Irina Khakamada received only one vote each. Former presidents and prime ministers have had better showings. The 6th place is occupied by Evgeny Primakov who is viewed by top managers more as head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry than as the former head of government. Russia’s former leaders Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev share number 25 with other entries. Number 30 is for former premier Egor Gaidar as well as for tennis star Maria Sharapova and incumbent Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
The absence of people’s much-loved TV stars, comedians and pop singers in the list is as noticeable as the fact that businessman Boris Berezovsky did not make it to enter the rating. The tycoon and political émigré did not score a vote. Another disgraced entrepreneur, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, however, gained 11 votes which is as much as the score of the machine rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. They are all ranked 22nd.
An extraordinarily small number of ladies in the rating is another feature of the managers’ choice. Even those who entered the rating found the place only in the second half of the list. Tennis diva Maria Sharapova is highest female scorer. She has outhit St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko, ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya and pop diva Alla Pugacheva.
Sergey Litovchenko, executive director of the Russian Managers Association, has commented on the rating which was based on the survey of the Association’s members. “Firstly, Russian top managers have the highest regard for those who are able to manage efficiently and have influence on public life. It goes not only for business people but also for politicians, public figures and even artists. Secondly, I think that Putin’s number one does not come from the long-rooted respect for rank and trust in the Father Tsar. It means that state officials in our country are increasingly to be viewed as common managers, and their work is evaluated in terms of change management which is the key indicator of effectiveness in managing environment. Judging on the basis of this criterion, the ranking in the rating is quite logical. I am sure of it because most of the people you have polled are high-ranking executives at major companies who know most of the people in the rating personally. I believe that the Managers Association’s respondents named their choices not because of someone’s well-promoted image, but because those people have greatly contributed to their industry in 2006.”
Public and Political Elite
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| Russian Health and Social Development Minister is at number 70. |
Having compared the two lists, we can proceed to a third and official one. In 2005, Russia shaped the Public Chamber which was supposed to bring together the best and worthiest representatives of Russian society, which what elite essentially is. Let us compare Kommersant’s two rating with the list of the Public Chamber’s members to prove this assumption.
There is plenty of overlapping. It is impossible to name the exact number because of the traditional problem of namesakes. Those polled often give the last name of a celebrity without giving the person’s first. Almost every year the elite rating has the name of Titov. It is hard to say, though, which Titov is meant. There are two Titovs in the Public Chamber – Boris Titov, chair of the Business Russia NGO, and Alexander Titov, chair of the presidium of the Karelia research center at the Russian Academy of Sciences. There are also Konstantin Titov, Samara Region’s governor, and Egor Titov, a half-back of Spartak FC.
However, at least seven members of the Public Chamber can be called true members of the elite rating.
Alla Pugacheva has the best showing. People’s Artist of the Soviet Union, business woman and member of the Business Women of Russian Confederation, she is featured in the three ratings. At the Public Chamber, Alla Pugacheva sits at the social development commission.
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| Dr. Leonid Roshal is number 27 in Kommersant’s annual elite rating. |
Dr. Leonid Roshal can be found in all three ratings as well. He chairs the healthcare commission of the Public Chamber and serves as chairman of International Task Force of Pediatric Disaster Medicine in World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. He is heads the Moscow Emergency Surgery research institute.
Alina Kabaeva, member of the Chamber’s charity and volunteering commission and member of the presidium of the Russian Sports Youth Union NGO is a traditional entry in the elite rating.
Legendary figure skater Irina Rodnina, another Honored Master of Sports, is an official and people-recognized member of Russian elite. Ms. Rodnina is also deputy chairperson of the Public Chamber’s healthy lifestyle promotion commission. Alfa Group’s chair of the BOD Mikhail Fridman from the managers’ rating also sits at this commission.
Head of the Russian Union of Industrialist and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin heads the Public Chamber’s competition, economic development and entrepreneurship commission and is listed by the Managers Association as a member of Russian elite.
Head of the Interros holding Vladimir Potanin is at the managers’ list and among Public Chamber members. Mr. Potanin heads the charity and volunteering commission and is well-known for his charity projects.
Some other Public Chamber members were listed in Kommersant’s rating a few years ago, for example, sculptor Zurab Tsereteli and TV anchor Nikolay Svanidze. Comedians, who are traditionally ranked high in people’s rating, are nowhere to be seen among members of Russia’s most elite public organization. Perhaps, life would be better and merrier with their presence at the Chamber.
Russian Elite As Russians Saw It in 2006
| Rank in 2006 (in 2005) |
Person |
Occupation |
Percentage of those polled who consider the person to be part of the Russian elite in 2006* (in 2005) |
| 1 (1) | Vladimir Putin | Russian President | 65.20 (60) |
| 2 (2) | Alla Pugacheva | Singer, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 26.10 (27.4) |
| 3 (75-82) | Dmitry Medvedev | Russian First Deputy Prime Minister | 17.04 (1.29) |
| 4 (8) | Sergey Ivanov | Russian Defense Minister, Russian Deputy Prime Minister | 16.23 (10.9) |
| 5 (6) | Zhirinovsky Vladimir | Russian State Duma Deputy Speaker, chairman of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party | 14.08 (11.3) |
| 6 (24) | Mikhail Fradkov | Russian Prime Minister | 13.27 (3.87) |
| 7-8 (11-12) | Valentina Matvienko | St. Petersburg Governor | 11.66 (7.54) |
| 7-8 (5) | Sergey Shoigu | Russian Emergency Situations Minister | 11.66 (13.2) |
| 9 (7) | Iosif Kobzon | Singer, businessman, Russian State Duma deputy | 8.97 (11.2) |
| 10 (13) | Boris Gryzlov | Russian State Duma speaker | 8.52 (7.24) |
| 11 (4) | Yury Luzhkov | Moscow Mayor | 8.43 (15) |
| 12 (3) | Nikita Mikhalkov | Film director | 6.64 (16.1) |
| 13 (10) | Roman Abramovich | Chukotka Autonomous Area Governor, businessman | 6.28 (8.03) |
| 14 (11-12) | Filipp Kirkorov | Singer | 6.10 (7.54) |
| 15 (17) | Aman Tuleev | Kemerovo Region Governor | 5.74 (5.55) |
| 16 (22) | Gennady Zyuganov | Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party | 5.38 (4.36) |
| 17 (34) | Andrey Malakhov | TV anchor | 5.20 (3.07) |
| 18 (35-36) | Ksenia Sobchak | TV anchor | 5.11 (2.98) |
| 19 (14) | Vladimir Pozner | TV anchor, Russian Television Academy President | 4.75 (7.04) |
| 20 (20) | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Film director, actor | 4.66 (4.66) |
| 21-23 (65-67) | Sergey Mironov | Russian Federation Council Speaker | 4.39 (1.49) |
| 21-23 (113-126) | Evgeny Plyushchenko | Athlete | 4.39 (0.69) |
| 21-23 (25-27) | Anatoly Chubais | Chairperson of the board of RAO UES of Russia | 4.39 (3.67) |
| 24 (29-31) | Nikolay Baskov | Signer | 4.22 (3.37) |
| 25 (9) | Alexiy II | Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia | 4.04 (8.23) |
| 26 (41-43) | Mikhail Zadornov | Comedian | 3.77 (2.48) |
| 27 (16) | Leonid Roshal | Director of the Moscow Emergency Surgery Research Center, member of the Public Chamber | 3.68 (6.15) |
| 28 (54-57) | Vladislav Tretyak | Russian Ice-Hockey Federation President, Russian State Duma deputy | 3.59 (1.79) |
| 29 (18) | Evgeny Petrosyan | Comedian | 3.41 (5.16) |
| 30 (29-31) | Maxim Galkin | Comedian, TV anchor | 3.32 (3.37) |
| 31 (99-104) | Grigory Yavlinsky | Chairperson of the Yabloko Russian United Democratic Party | 2.96 (0.89) |
| 32-34 (45-46) | Larisa Dolina | Singer | 2.87 (2.28) |
| 32-34 (32-33) | Irina Khakamada | Chairperson of the Our Choice Russian Democratic Party | 2.87 (3.17) |
| 32-34 (25-27) | Leonid Yakubovich | TV anchor | 2.87 (3.57) |
| 35-36 (38-39) | Pavel Bure | Russian Ice-hockey Olympic team General Manager | 2.69 (2.78) |
| 35-36 (38-39) | Irina Rodnina | Chairperson at the Athletic Russia voluntary association, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 2.69 (2.78) |
| 37-40 (41-43) | Igor Krutoy | Composer, music producer | 2.60 (2.48) |
| 37-40 (23) | Lev Leshchenko | Singer | 2.60 (4.17) |
| 37-40 (127-146) | Alexander Maslyakov | TV anchor | 2.60 (0.6) |
| 37-40 (50-53) | Vyacheslav Fetisov | Chairperson of the Federal Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism Agency | 2.60 (1.88) |
| 41-42 (25-27) | Oleg Gazmanov | Singer | 2.42 (3.57) |
| 41-42 (47-48) | Maria Sharapova | Athlete | 2.42 (2.08) |
| 43 (41-43) | Boris Yeltsin | Former Russian President | 2.33 (2.48) |
| 44 (58-62) | Boris Berezovsky | Political émigré | 2.24 (1. 69) |
| 45 (147-161) | Dmitry (Viktor) Bilan | Singer | 2.15 (0.5) |
| 46 (127-146) | Mintimer Shaimiev | Tatarstan President | 2.06 (0.6) |
| 47-49 (105-112) | Nadezhda Babkina | Singer, music producer | 1.97 (0.79) |
| 47-49 (87-91) | Alexandra Pakhmutova | Composer | 1.97 (1.09) |
| 47-49 (105-112) | Vladimir Potanin | President of the Interros holding company, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 1.97 (0.79) |
| 50 (68-74) | Mstislav Rostropovich | Musician | 1.79 (1.39) |
| 51 (65-67) | Sergey Sobyanin | Chief of the Russian presidential administration | 1.70 (1.49) |
| 52-54 (–) |
Alexander Abramov |
President of Evrazholding |
1.61 (–) |
| 52-54 (–) |
Irina Slutskaya |
Athlete |
1.61 (–) |
| 52-54 (32-33) |
Mikhail Khodorkovsky |
Prisoner |
1.61 (3.17) |
| 55 (50-53) |
Leontyev** |
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1.52 (1.88) |
| 56-57 (35-36) |
Alina Kabaeva |
Athlete, member of the Public Chamber |
1.43 (2.98) |
| 56-57 (50-53) |
Vladimir Solovyev |
TV anchor |
1.43 (1.88) |
| 58-62 (37) |
Sergey Bezrukov |
Actor |
1.35 (2.88) |
| 58-62 (–) |
Valeria (Alla Perfilova) |
Singer |
1.35 (–) |
| 58-62 (68-74) |
Edita Pyekha |
Singer |
1.35 (1.39) |
| 58-62 (–) |
Oleg Romantsev |
Coach and consultant of Nika FC |
1.35 (–) |
| 58-62 (68-74) |
Vladimir Spivakov |
Art director of the Virtuosos of Moscow Orchestra, president of Moscow International House of Music |
1.35 (1.39) |
| 63-64 (75-82) |
Lyudmila Zykina |
Singer |
1.26 (1.29) |
| 63-64 (127-146) |
Nadezhda Kadysheva |
Singer |
1.26 (0.6) |
| 65-73 (147-161) |
Ekaterina Andreeva |
TV anchor |
1.17 (0.5) |
| 65-73 (45-46) |
Vladimir Vinokur |
Comedian |
1.17 (2.28) |
| 65-73 (147-161) |
Galina Vishnevskaya |
Singer |
1.17 (0.5) |
| 65-73 (50-53) |
Sergey Glazyev |
Deputy of the Russian State Duma, chairperson of the For Worthy Life party |
1.17 (1.88) |
| 65-73 (99-104) |
Alexey Nemov |
Athlete |
1.17 (0.89) |
| 65-73 (19) |
Maya Plisetskaya |
Ballerina |
1.17 (4.86) |
| 65-73 (40) |
Dmitry Rogozin |
Deputy chairperson of the Russian State Duma |
1.17 (2.68) |
| 65-73 (28) |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn |
Writer and Nobel prize laureate |
1.17 (3.47) |
| 65-73 (113-126) |
Valentina Tolkunova |
Singer |
1.17 (0.69) |
| 74-82 (87-91) |
Alexander Abdulov |
Actor |
1.08 (1.09) |
| 74-82 (127-146) |
Mikhail Zhvanetsky |
Comedian |
1.08 (0.6) |
| 74-82 (–) |
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk |
Actress |
1.08 (–) |
| 74-82 (127-146) |
Vyacheslav Zaitsev |
Fashion designer |
1.08 (0.6) |
| 74-82 (113-126) |
Lolita (Milyavskaya) |
Singer |
1.08 (0.69) |
| 74-82 (87-91) |
Alexander Rosenbaum |
Singer |
1.08 (1.09) |
| 74-82 (99-104) |
Eduard Rossel |
Sverdlovsk Region Governor |
1.08 (0.89) |
| 74-82 (58-62) |
Oleg Tabakov |
Actor and art director of the Moscow Art Theater |
1.08 (1.69) |
| 74-82 (105-112) |
Kostya Tszyu |
Athlete |
1.08 (0.89) |
| 83-86 (75-82) |
Anastasia Volochkova |
Ballerina |
0.99 (1.29) |
| 83-86 (15) |
Lyudmila Gurchenko |
Actress |
0.99 (6.94) |
| 83-86 (87-91) |
Marat Safin |
Athlete |
0.99 (1.09) |
| 83-86 (113-126) |
Svetlana Khorkina |
Athlete |
0.99 (0.69) |
| 87-91 (83-86) |
Mikhail Boyarsky |
Actor |
0.9 (1.19) |
| 87-91 (44) |
Stanislav Govorukhin |
Film director and deputy at the Russian State Duma |
0.9 (2.38) |
| 87-91 (147-161) |
Mikhail Zurabov |
Russian Health and Social Development Minister |
0.9 (0.5) |
| 87-91 (68-74) |
Mikhail Kasyanov |
Chairperson of the People’s Democratic Union |
0.9 (1.39) |
| 87-91 (–) |
Valentin Yudashkin |
Fashion designer |
0.9 (–) |
| 92-99 (58-62) |
German Gref |
Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister |
0.81 (1.62) |
| 92-99 (63-64) |
Boris Gromov |
Moscow Region Governor |
0.81 (1.59) |
| 92-99 (68-74) |
Kirill |
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad |
0.81 (1.39) |
| 92-99 (21) |
Nonna Mordyukova (Noyabrina) |
Actress |
0.81 (4.56) |
| 92-99 (–) |
Tatyana Navka |
Athlete |
0.81 (–) |
| 92-99 (–) |
Elena Stepanenko |
Comedian |
0.81 (–) |
| 92-99 (113-126) |
Alexander Tkachev |
Krasnodar Territory Region Governor |
0.81 (0.69) |
| 92-99 (147-161) |
Gennady Khazanov |
Comedian |
0.81 (0.5) |
| 100-107 (–) |
Ilya Averbukh |
Athlete |
0.72 (–) |
| 100-107 (75-82) |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
Former Soviet president |
0.72 (1.29) |
| 100-107 (75-82) |
Garry Kasparov |
Chess player, chairperson of Committee 2008 – Free Choice and the United Civil Front movement |
0.72 (1.29) |
| 100-107 (127-146) |
Vasily Lanovoi |
Actor |
0.72 (0.6) |
| 100-107 (127-146) |
Muslim Magomaev |
Singer |
0.72 (0.6) |
| 100-107 (–) |
Anastasia Myskina |
Athlete |
0.72 (–) |
| 100-107 (–) |
Boris Nemtsov |
Chairperson of the federal political council of Union of Right Forces, member of the Committee 2008 – Free Choice council |
0.72 (–) |
| 100-107 (54-57) |
Igor Nikolaev |
Singer and songwriter |
0.72 (1.79) |
| 108-118 (47-48) |
Zhores Alferov |
Vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate č |
0.63 (2.08) |
| 108-118 (113-126) |
Vladimir Gusinsky |
Businessman |
0.63 (0.69) |
| 108-118 (83-86) |
Nikolay Karachentsev |
Actor |
0.63 (1.19) |
| 108-118 (54-57) |
Alexander Karelin |
Deputy of the Russian State Duma |
0.63 (1.79) |
| 108-118 (68-74) |
Andrey Konchalovsky |
Film and theater director |
0.63 (1.39) |
| 108-118 (92-98) |
Sergey Lavrov |
Russian Foreign Minister |
0.63 (0.99) |
| 108-118 (–) |
Leonid Polezhaev |
Omsk Region Governor |
0.63 (–) |
| 108-118 (147-161) |
Titov*** |
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0.63 (0.5) |
| 108-118 (58-62) |
Tikhonov*** |
|
0.63 (1.69) |
| 108-118 (–) |
Alexander Kholoponin |
Krasnoyark Territory Governor |
0.63 (–) |
| 108-118 (–) |
Valery Shantsev |
Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor |
0.63 (–) |
| 119-128 (–) |
Alexey Yagudin |
Athlete |
0.54 (–) |
| 119-128 (147-161) |
Alsou (Safina) |
Singer |
0.54 (0.5) |
| 119-128 (–) |
Marat Basharov |
Actor |
0.54 (–) |
| 119-128 (127-146) |
Daria (Agrippina) |
Dontsova Novelist |
0.54 (0.6) |
| 119-128 (–) |
Dmitry Nagiev |
TV anchor |
0.54 (–) |
| 119-128 (–) |
Lyudmila Narusova |
Tuva Region Senator in the Russian Federation Council |
0.54 (–) |
| 119-128 (–) |
Alexey Pimanov |
TV anchor |
0.54 (–) |
| 119-128 (–) |
Nikolay Rastorguev |
Singer |
0.54 (–) |
| 119-128 (54-57) |
Svetlana Sorokina |
TV anchor |
0.54 (1.79) |
| 119-128 (99-104) |
Yury Shevchuk |
Singer and songwriter |
0.54 (0.89) |
* Not counting the respondents who did not answer the question or said that there is no elite in Russia.
** Those polled did not give this person’s first name, therefore it is not clear if they meant TV anchor Mikhail Leontyev or pop singer Valery Leontyev.
*** Those surveyed did not give the first name, therefore the person cannot be identified accurately.
Source: the poll conducted by VTsIOM on November 25 and 26, 2006, in the nationwide representative sampling in 46 regions and 153 polling locations. The total of 1,600 people were surveyed. |
| Russian Elite As Russian Top Managers See It | | Rank | Person | Occupation | Number of votes |
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| 1 | Vladimir Putin | Russian President | 73 | | 2 | Yury Luzhkov | Moscow Mayor | 43 | | 3 | Anatoly Chubais | Chairperson of the BOD at RAO UES of Russia, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | 39 | | 4 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Film director, president of the Russian Society of Cinematographists | 27 | | 5 | Vladimir Potanin | President of Interrros, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialist and Entrepreneurs, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 22 | | 6 | Evgeny Primakov | President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry | 21 | | 7 | Roman Abramovich | Chukotka Autonomous Area Governor, businessman | 19 | | 8 | Sergey Shoigu | Russian Emergency Situations Minister | 18 | | 9-12 | Vagit Alekperov | President of LUKOIL, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | 17 | | 9-12 | Alexiy II | Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia | 17 | | 9-12 | Zhores Alferov | Vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate | 17 | | 9-12 | German Gref | Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister | 17 | | 13-14 | Alexey Miller | Chairperson of the BOD of Gazprom, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | 16 | | 13-14 | Alexander Solzhenitsyn | Writer, Nobel Prize laureate | 16 | | 15-16 | Sergey Ivanov | Russian Defense Minister | 14 | | 15-16 | Dmitry Medvedev | Russian First Deputy Prime Minister | 14 | | 17-18 | Alexey Kudrin | Russian Finance Minister | 13 | | 17-18 | Leonid Roshal | Director of the Moscow Emergency Surgery Research Institute, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 13 | | 19-21 | Oleg Deripaska | Chairperson of the board at Rusal, chairperson of the supervisory board at Basic Element | 12 | | 19-21 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Cellist, president of the Vishnevskaya & Rostropovich charitable foundation | 12 | | 19-21 | Vladimir Spivakov | Violinist, conductor, art director of the Virtuosos of Moscow Orchestra | 12 | | 22-24 | Mikhail Kalashnikov | Small arms designer | 11 | | 22-24 | Sergey Lavrov | Russian Foreign Minister | 11 | | 22-24 | Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Prisoner | 11 | | 25-30 | Viktor Vekselberg | Chairperson of the BOD at SUAL, member of the board of TNK-BP, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | 10 | | 25-30 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Former Soviet President | 10 | | 25-30 | Boris Yeltsin | Former Soviet President | 10 | | 25-30 | Alexey Mordashev | Director general of Severstal Group, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | 10 | | 25-30 | Mikhail Fradkov | Russian Prime Minister | 10 | | 25-30 | Mintimer Shaimiev | Tatarstan President | 10 | | 31-33 | Egor Gaidar | Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition | 9 | | 31-33 | Mikhail Fridman | Chairperson of the BOD of TNK-BP, chair of the board at Alfa Group, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 9 | | 31-33 | Maria Sharapova |
Tennis player, US Open 2006 winner | 9 |
| 34 | Vladimir Evtushenkov | Chairperson of the board of directors of Sistema, member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | 8 | | 35-37 | Viktor Gerashchenko | Chairperson of the board of YUKOS | 7 | | 35-37 | Boris Gryzlov | Speaker of the Russian State Duma | 7 | | 35-37 | Iosif Kobzon | Pop singer, businessman, deputy at the Russian State Duma | 7 | | 38-43 | Valentina Matvienko | St. Petersburg Governor | 6 | | 38-43 | Maya Plisetskaya | Ballerina, Lenin Prize laureate | 6 | | 38-43 | Alla Pugacheva | Pop singer, member of the Russian Public Chamber |
6 | | 38-43 | Oleg Tabakov | Actor, director, art director and chief director at the Moscow Art Theater | 6 | | 38-43 | Vyacheslav Fetisov | Chairperson of the Federal Physical Training, Culture, Sports and Tourism Agency | 6 | | 38-43 | Vladimir Yakunin | President of Russian Railways | 6 | | 44-54 | Sergey Bogdanchikov | President of Rosneft | 5 | | 44-54 | Nikolay Valuev | Boxer and WBA heavyweight champion | 5 | | 44-54 | Alexander Zhukov | Russian Deputy Prime Minister | 5 | | 44-54 | Dmitry Kozak | Russian presidential envoy to the Southern federal district | 5 | | 44-54 | Evgeny Plyushchenko | Three-time world skating champion, five-time European champion and Olympic champion | 5 | | 44-54 | Vladimir Pozner | TV anchor and president of the Russian Academy of Television | 5 | | 44-54 | Viktor Sadovnichiy | Rector of the Moscow State University | 5 | | 44-54 | Vladislav Surkov | Deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, the Russian president’s aide | 5 | | 44-54 | Dmitry Khvorostovsky | Opera singer, People’s Artist of Russia, Russian State Prize laureate | 5 | | 44-54 | Alexander Khloponin | Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor | 5 | | 44-54 | Alexander Shokhin | President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the Russian Public Chamber | 5 |
| The poll was held in November 2006. 104 members of the Russian Managers Association were asked to name no more than 10 people. The final rating includes the candidates who received five or more votes. |
Alexey Alexeev
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