Angelina Jolie topped the rating of the most mentioned stars in Russia

Actress and director Angelina Jolie topped the list of foreign celebrities who were most often written about in the Russian media in the past year. This became known from a study conducted using data from the Scan-Interfax system.

A total of 15859 mentions of Jolie were registered. Most often they wrote and talked about her in connection with the surgery she underwent to remove her ovaries, and her plans for filming a film about Catherine the Great, in which the Russian empress will be depicted as a “nymphomaniac.” The press was also interested in Jolie's relationship with Brad Pitt.

About Madonna, who took second place in the rating, was most often written and talked about in connection with the release of her new album, an epic fall from the stairs at the Brit Awards ceremony and all sorts of details about her personal life. Singer in the Russian media for the year remembered 15646 times.

The third star whose life incredibly occupies Russians is actor Gerard Depardieu (13164 mentions). He was remembered in connection with his life in his new homeland - in Russia - and his decision sell off all property in france. The story of how the famous Frenchman turned out to be incredibly entertaining learned to mow grass in Belarus.

The singer Lady Gaga (11799 mentions), actors Johnny Depp (10551) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (7856), musicians Elton John (6889), Michael Jackson (6839) and Miley Cyrus (6553) also hit the rating.

Previously, Forum wrote that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie proposed move to Evpatoria, Crimea, with all their numerous children. The head of the annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, expressed the hope that the “analogue of the American Beverly Hills” might appear in the Crimea if the stars respond to the proposal to obtain Russian citizenship and live on the peninsula.