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**		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 è	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***		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

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.