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Speaker Stefanchuk has remained the loudest deputy of the Verkhovna Rada for the second week in a row. In the period 28 September - 4 October 2026, it was Stefanchuk who was quoted by the media more than any other member of the Ukrainian parliament, and he added fuel to the fire — commenting on the prospects for elections in Ukraine and the work of the Rada during air-raid alerts. The conclusion from Informator’s latest ranking is that Ukrainians have become most interested in the topic of peace negotiations. This topic is also linked to the elections. There were also statements by deputies Honcharenko and Hetmantsev, who placed 2 and 3 respectively by number of media citations in Informator’s ranking.
“Right now, making elections that would meet the basic criteria — democracy, security, and trust — is very difficult under current conditions. So I think it’s unlikely in the near future,” — interestingly, but the media have been quoting this Stefanchuk quote for two weeks in a row!
And they quoted it so actively that Stefanchuk stayed among the leaders of all deputies mentioned by the media. But Stefanchuk was not notable this period only for that quote. On 28 September he commented on the Rada’s work during air-raid alerts — discussing the possibility of nighttime sessions due to drone attacks. His name also appeared in pieces about the state of the economy in autumn-winter and about the deficit in the defense budget.
“I am very ashamed of today’s work,” Ruslan Stefanchuk said then.
Who made the biggest noise
The week’s top three were Ruslan Stefanchuk (110,3 points), Oleksiy Honcharenko (66,8 points) and Danylo Hetmantsev (42,8 points). Below — the full top-10:
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - 110,3 points
Oleksiy Honcharenko, European Solidarity - 66,8 points
Danylo Hetmantsev, Servant of the People - 42,8 points
Serhiy Rakhmanin, Holos - 37,4 points
Petro Poroshenko, European Solidarity - 37,2 points
Roksolana Pidlas, Servant of the People - 27,1 points
Olena Shuliak, Servant of the People - 23,2 points
Maryana Bezuhla, Servant of the People - 19,4 points
Yevheniia Kravchuk, Servant of the People - 16,3 points
Lesia Zaburanna, Servant of the People - 13,0 points
Stefanchuk’s lead over second place is more than 43 points, more than the entire top-5 with Poroshenko at the tail. Honcharenko entered the ranking mainly thanks to statements about possible negotiations with Russia.
“We cannot agree immediately on ending the war. Let’s agree on everything in the world... When we start agreeing step by step and these agreements are upheld, then gradually it will be possible to agree on something more. And finally achieve peace,” — Oleksiy Honcharenko, Ukrainska Pravda.
The silent majority
Of 394 members of parliament, only 72 were mentioned that week — meaning 313 deputies, or more than four out of five, were not included in the monitoring even once. Among those who did not appear were rank-and-file faction members without portfolio responsibilities or without loud statements that week.
Who made waves when
On 28 September Russia carried out heavy strikes on Ukrainian cities: CABs in Sumy killed two people, including a 16-year-old girl, drones attacked a residential area of Novhorod-Siverskyi, and an air-raid alert in Kyiv lasted more than nine hours. That same day marked the peak of Stefanchuk’s prominence: against the backdrop of war news and the state of the economy, the Rada chair appeared in 27 headlines of publications for the period in question. That day also saw peaks for Maryana Bezuhla and Oleksandr Fediyenko.
Who was given a voice
The most direct quotes — two each — were attributed to Stefanchuk, Honcharenko and Rakhmanin. Poroshenko, with 37,2 points and 23 publications, did not give a single direct quote: media wrote about him, but rarely quoted his own words. Pidlas, Shuliak and Zaburanna were also left without quotes, although all three made the top-10 list.
By factions the week clearly belonged to Servant of the People — a total of 268,1 points and 41 deputies in the ranking. European Solidarity scored 121,8 points but with only five deputies, so average prominence per person is higher there. Holos gathered 63,8 points — mainly thanks to Rakhmanin and Zhelezniak.
“Soon we will receive a revised version of the defense budget, we will look at it, and after that we will be able to speak more precisely. For now I only know of assumptions, there are no concrete figures, no concrete decision at the Ministry of Defense or generally among the military-political leadership that I am aware of,” — Serhiy Rakhmanin, NV.
One-day stars
For Maryana Bezuhla almost everything written about her that week was published on a single day — 28 September: seven publications, 71% of which fell on that date. A similar picture for Yevheniia Kravchuk: 73% of her mentions were concentrated on 1 October. It is even more pronounced for Andriy Herus — 80% of publications came out on 1 October, and for Serhii Kozyr — 80% fell on 28 September.
Oleksandr Merezhko and Volodymyr Kreidenko also almost entirely “shot” in one day — 30 September and 3 October respectively, accounting for three quarters of all their mentions that week.
What they said
“I don’t understand that. A typical Ukrainian situation — attacking each other. Memes, giggle-giggle,” — Maryana Bezuhla, Informator.
“On Stolychne Highway — an incredible queue of cars and trucks. Vehicles are lined up in several rows. Practically in one place. And hardly moving. And my first thought: haven’t we learned to reconfigure quickly?” — Nina Yuzhanina, Glavcom.
“That cannot be done in a year. Improving business de-shadowing in Ukraine requires three to four years,” — Danylo Hetmantsev, Kommersant.
How we counted
The monitoring covers 30 leading Ukrainian media; between 28 September and 4 October 2026, 18112 articles were checked. Points are awarded for mentioning a deputy in the headline, lede, and body of a publication, with a direct quote weighted more than a simple surname mention. The weight of the outlet itself also varies — a publication in a widely reached outlet gives more points than one in a niche outlet. The ranking accounts for all 394 sitting members of parliament, but the list includes only those who were mentioned at least once. How we calculate the rankings — which outlets we include, what we consider a mention, and how we filter namesakes — is explained separately.
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