Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov was named the most popular regional leader of Russia in July 2014, according to Internet searches on Yandex. Kadyrov’s name was searched 153,324 times a month. Analysts say that his rating is a result of unusual and extravagant decisions, Yuga.ru reports.Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin is the second in the list of top 82 regional leaders (36,918 searches), Governor of the Samara Oblast Nikolai Merkushin is the third (32,578).
Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov was named the most popular regional leader of Russia in July 2014, according to Internet searches on Yandex. Kadyrov’s name was searched 153,324 times a month. Analysts say that his rating is a result of unusual and extravagant decisions, Yuga.ru reports.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin is the second in the list of top 82 regional leaders (36,918 searches), Governor of the Samara Oblast Nikolai Merkushin is the third (32,578).
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