Only President Dmitry Medvedev (3831 references) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2306 references) managed to stay ahead of the two sporting officials in the rankings.

The Vancouver Games turned out to be a real disappointment for Russia, as its athletes won just 15 medals (3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze), which is significantly fewer than the 22 medals (8 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze) that the Russian team brought home four years ago from Turin.

The poor performance forced Dmitry Medvedev to call for the resignation of all officials responsible for Russia’s dismal performance at the Winter Games.

Vitaly Mutko managed to keep his position, but Leonid Tyagachev announced his resignation a few days after the Games.

Talking to Rossiya 2 channel, Tyagachev said the man to replace him will be in for a very difficult job.

"I don’t envy my successor. He will have to organize the preparations for the [London 2014] Games without a single ruble from the state, relying only on the money from the IOC [International Olympic Committee]. $4 million – a negligible sum,” he said.