Yandex declared Zelensky and Greta Thunberg the most popular people of the year
The Russian search engine Yandex found out which events and personalities became the most popular among users in 2019 based on queries in the search engine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Among the events, the elections in Ukraine and the fire in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris aroused the greatest interest among users, and the most popular personalities were the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the company said in a statement.
According to the search results for 2019, among the most interesting events for Yandex users were also actions in Moscow (third place), the Superjet crash in Sheremetyevo (fourth place), and the excitement around the “assault” of the American secret “Area 51” (fifth place). place), the case of journalist Ivan Golunov (tenth place) and others.
The list of the most popular personalities of 2019 after Zelensky and Thunberg included Japanese computer game developer Hideo Kojima, who visited Russia in the fall to participate in the Igromir exhibition. Also on the list were actor Joaquin Phoenix and singer Billie Eilish, Turkish actor Ali Ersan Duru, unregistered candidate for Moscow City Duma Lyubov Sobol, actor Anton Batyrev, actress Alexandra Nikiforova, athlete Mikhail Koklyaev.
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