Penza, 7 July 2017. PenzaNews. The governor of the Penza region Ivan Belozertsev dropped from the 29th to the 37th place in the media rating of the Russian regions heads prepared by the “Medialogia” company for June 2017.

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According to the information provided, in May 4,675 publications in media were devoted to the head of the region, while in June the number decreased to 4, 140.

The media index also decreased from 19,184.4 to 18,625.8.

Despite the significant dropping in the federal rating, among the regional administration heads in the Volga Federal District Ivan Belozertsev still occupies the 8th position.

In the media rating, the heads of Tatarstan, the Saratov region, Perm Krai, the Samara region, Udmurtia, the Nizhny Novgorod region and Bashkortostan are ahead of him.

As the representative of the “Medialogia” company Nadezhda Zhukovskaya told PenzaNews, in June the media attention was drawn to the governor’s decision to lower the charges for the land redistribution, the visit of the delegation headed by Ivan Belozertsev to Belarus, and the dismissal of the officials for visiting dubious websites.