Downloading the speeches
The full transcript of the Russian president’s annual news conference is available on the official website of the Kremlin, translated in English. Here are the direct links to each of the speeches:
Wordcount per presser
| id | n |
|---|---|
| Putin 2012 | 36495 |
| Putin 2013 | 31897 |
| Putin 2014 | 23459 |
| Putin 2015 | 23233 |
| Putin 2016 | 27779 |
| Putin 2017 | 28521 |
What are the most frequent keywords across all pressers
Here are different ways to look at the words most frequently found in all annual news conference.
Wordclouds
What are the most distinctive words of each presser?
The following wordcloud compares the frequency of words across speeches, showing the words that are most frequent in each of the speech and are at the same time less frequently found in other speeches.
Selected keywords
Words with positive/negative connotation
The following wordclouds highlight the frequency of words which have a positive and negative connotation according to the lexicon by Bing Liu and collaborators.
All pressers
Putin 2012
Putin 2013
Putin 2014
Putin 2015
Putin 2016
Putin 2017
What about the “people”
This wordcloud is based on all words included in the same sentence as “people”.
