Ekaterina Kotrikadze
Affiliated media: TV Rain , Head of the news service
Incident date: October 7, 2025
Attack type:
- Selective application of repressive laws
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Meduza
Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow
Additional information:
Tikhon Dzyadko, editor-in-chief of the TV Rain channel, along with Katerina Kotrikadze, head of the news service, and Valeria Ratnikova, a presenter, have been added to the list of "terrorists and extremists" maintained by Rosfinmonitoring. Criminal cases have been opened against Dzyadko, Kotrikadze, and Ratnikova (as well as another TV Rain presenter, Anna Mongait) for spreading “fake news” about the army (clause ‘d’ of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and for evading their duties as “foreign agents.” All three have been arrested in absentia by the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow and are currently wanted by the authorities.