Russians are not very sympathetic to the beauty who challenged Putin.

Kseniya Sobchak, who recently announced that she will run for the next Russian presidential election, is a figure that Russians know well, but in a negative way, - the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) said.

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Kseniya Sobchak is known to many Russians.

VTsIOM drew such conclusions after analyzing survey data for 2012-2016 in 46 regions, territories and republics of the Russian Federation.

The name Kseniya Sobchak is familiar to almost every Russian. In a 2015 survey, 95% of respondents said they had heard of her.

However, the attitude of Russian citizens towards Sobchak is quite negative: 60% of those who know Kseniya give negative comments, the share of positive answers is 21%.

Political researchers consulted by Sputnik all believe that Sobchak's candidacy in the 2018 presidential election will be a factor attracting young people and opposition elements.

This will increase the number of people participating in the election, although the TV host hardly expects the result to exceed 2-3%.

Previously, social networks and world media responded quite strongly after the news of Sobchak running for President of Russia.

Some people tried to find similarities between Kseniya Sobchak and Western female politicians, while the Independent newspaper called Kseniya "Russian Paris Hilton".

According to Sputnik