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Poll: Saakashvili attracts most Russian media coverage after Putin and Bush

By M. Alkhazashvili

(Translated by Diana Dundua)
Tuesday, November 27
According to a recent poll conducted by Russian news agency NewsInfo, presidential candidate Mikheil Saakashvili is among the top three political figures covered by Russian media. The full list is as follows:

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2. US President George W. Bush.

3. Georgian presidential candidate Mikheil Saakashvili.

4. Terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden.

5. Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko.

6. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

7. First Vice Premier of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

8. President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

9. Ukrainian swim coach Mikhail Zubkov.

10. Russian Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov.

(Source: Rezonansi)