The report credits Trump’s inauguration with his moving into the top spot, although that doesn’t always happen for incoming American presidents. “Note that the last US presidential elections have attracted the maximum media attention,” the Interfax report reads, according to Google Translate. “The election campaigns of Barack Obama and his victory in the elections is not so widely publicized.”
It is the case that Russian presidents usually dominate the rankings, though. Putin has been atop the standings for the past six years. From 2008 to 2011, the top slot was held by then-President Dmitry Medvedev.
This comports with data from Google. A look at search interest in the country over the past month shows Trump overtaking Putin at the time of the inauguration.
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