The Russian federal television channels have begun mentioning the name of the US president Donald Trump less since mid-February, reports Meduza, referring to the research of the channels Rain and RBK.

According to the results of the study, in the first days of February the First Channel, Rossia 1, and NTV mentioned Trump from 23 to 61 times a day, whereas the number after February 14 dropped to 6-12 times a day, writes Dozhd.

As Bloomberg reported earlier, the personnel of the Russian President ordered the state media to reduce the number of reports that praised Donald Trump. According to the agency, this is due to the concern, that Trump’s policy in regard to Russia will not be as friendly as it was assumed