ROMIR: Andrey Malakhov became the leader of public opinion in Russia

He is followed by Konstantin Khabensky and Maxim Galkin. Rounding out the top five media personalities, to whose opinion the Russians listen, are Vladimir Soloviev and Dmitry Nagiyev.

Nikita Mikhalkov, Ivan Urgant, Alexander Gordon, Yuri Dud and Ksenia Sobchak are also among the ten most authoritative Russians.

Many bloggers are included in the top 100 famous personalities whose opinions are trusted. Among them are Ilya Varlamov, Anastasia Ivleeva, Andrey Karaulov, Alexey Pivovarov, David Manukyan (Dava), Ivan Utenkov, Goar Avetisyan, Liza and Artem Millers, Evgeny Bazhenov (BadComedian).

Since January of this year, the positions in the rating of influence of Alexey Pimanov and Fyodor Bondarchuk have significantly strengthened, who have risen in the rating by 40 positions at once: to 45th and 60th place, respectively. Nikolay Drozdov is now ranked 31st in the ranking. His authority has strengthened by 36 positions in this study.

But there are also a number of media personalities whose influence in society has weakened. Among them, in particular, Garik Martirosyan, who closes the top hundred of leaders of public opinion, having lost 38 positions in the rating in five months. The influence of Mikhail Galustyan has become less than 32 lines, according to Romir. Now he is in 98th place.