The number of Russians who watched the film about "Putin's palace" is counted

The Mediascope company counted the number of Russians who watched a film about “Putin’s palace” on YouTube. Analysts

they claim that 3.4 million people, or 3% of the country's population, watched the entire video.

Coverage of the film “Palace for Putin.The story of the biggest bribe” made by Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation* amounted to 21.2 million Russians over 12 years of age. Mediascope, owned by the state-owned VTsIOM, counted for the period from January 19 to 27, that is, for the first nine days after publication. The company clarified that this estimate does not take into account the duration of viewing the video. Those who watched the entire film and those who only turned on for a few seconds were counted.

15 million Russians over 12 years old watched more than 30 seconds of the video, 11.6 million watched more than two minutes.

Mediascope also said that 60% of the film's viewers were from large cities. Muscovites accounted for 20%. More than half of the people watched the video from a smartphone or tablet.

YouTube currently states that the film has 105 million views.

* FBK is recognized in Russia as a "foreign agent"