Ekaterina Kotrikadze

Ekaterina Kotrikadze
ეკატერინე კოტრიკაძე
Kotrikadze in 2021
Born
Yekaterina Besikiyevna Kotrikadze

(1984-03-23) 23 March 1984
Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
CitizenshipGeorgia
Russia
EducationMoscow State University
OccupationsJournalist, television presenter, media manager
Years active2003 — present
Spouse(s)Egor Kuroptev
Alexey Zyunkin
(m. 2019)
AwardsRedkollegia (Bring Back That Memory, 2021)

Yekaterina Besikiyevna Kotrikadze (Russian: Екатерина Бесикиевна Котрикадзе; Georgian: ეკატერინე კოტრიკაძე, romanized: Ekaterine Kotrikadze; born 23 March 1984) is a Georgian-Russian journalist and media manager, host of the TV Rain channel and the former head of the information service of the RTVI TV channel.

After having criticized the Russian president Vladimir Putin for having started the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she moved to Latvia for security reasons.