A new ranking of the 100 most influential women in Russia was released Monday, with senate speaker Valentina Matviyenko topping the list for the second year in a row. The list was presented by four Russian media outlets: Ekho Moskvy radio station, Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies and weekly magazine Ogonyok.
© RIA Novosti . Mihail FomichevA new ranking of the 100 most influential women in Russia was released Monday, with senate speaker Valentina Matviyenko topping the list for the second year in a row. The list was presented by four Russian media outlets: Ekho Moskvy radio station, Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies and weekly magazine Ogonyok.
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© RIA Novosti . Mihail Fomichev
A new ranking of the 100 most influential women in Russia was released Monday, with senate speaker Valentina Matviyenko topping the list for the second year in a row. The list was presented by four Russian media outlets: Ekho Moskvy radio station, Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies and weekly magazine Ogonyok.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey GuneevMatviyenko is followed Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs Olga Golodets – who grabbed headlines this year for her opposition to the controversial Russian ban on US adoptions.
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Matviyenko is followed Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs Olga Golodets – who grabbed headlines this year for her opposition to the controversial Russian ban on US adoptions.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir RodionovPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s press secretary Natalya Timakova ranks third.
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© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s press secretary Natalya Timakova ranks third.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey MamontovPresidential aide Elvira Nabiullina, former economic development minister, holds the fourth place.
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Presidential aide Elvira Nabiullina, former economic development minister, holds the fourth place.
© RIA Novosti . Mihail KlimentevPop music legend Alla Pugachyova fell to fifth position from last year’s second place, but remained the most influential female cultural figure.
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Pop music legend Alla Pugachyova fell to fifth position from last year’s second place, but remained the most influential female cultural figure.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov / Go to the mediabankPresidential aide Larisa Brychyova, who heads the legal department at the president’s executive office since 1999, holds the sixth place.
Presidential aide Larisa Brychyova, who heads the legal department at the president’s executive office since 1999, holds the sixth place.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan KrivobokOlga Yegorova, the Moscow City Court chair, ranked seventh.
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© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok
Olga Yegorova, the Moscow City Court chair, ranked seventh.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir RodionovPrime minister’s wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, fell to the eighth position from the last year's fourth place.
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© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov
Prime minister’s wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, fell to the eighth position from the last year's fourth place.
© RIA Novosti . Aleksey DruzjininActress Chulpan Khamatova, a co-founder of children's charity Gift of Life fund, holds the ninth place.
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Actress Chulpan Khamatova, a co-founder of children's charity Gift of Life fund, holds the ninth place.
© RIA NovostiRIA Novosti editor-in-chief Svetalana Mironyuk, who has headed the agency since 2003, is also on the Top 10 list.
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RIA Novosti editor-in-chief Svetalana Mironyuk, who has headed the agency since 2003, is also on the Top 10 list.