Elena Potanina: fame and popularity comes to the worthy!

Elena Potanina became widely known and popular after participating in the TV show "What? Where? When? ", Where she became the captain of the team.

Biographical information

Elena Potanina, who was born in Novosibirsk in 1987, on November 20, already at the age of three, along with her parents, Olga and Alexander Potanin, was in Odessa, where they moved to permanent residence. Now he lives in Moscow. Elena Potanina, whose biography is full of a lot of events, was able not only to get a wonderful education and make a good career, but also won the sympathy of TV viewers interested in intellectual TV shows.

Education

After graduation from the school in 2004, Elena Potanina entered the I. Mechnikov National University in Odessa, which she successfully graduated in 2009, having obtained the specialty of a lawyer in the field of criminal law and criminalistics. In addition, from 2014 to 2015 she studied at the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, having received the second specialty of an economist in management.

experience

Law firm "YurKrayina", in which Elena Potanina started her career as a partner in February 2010, gave the beginning lawyer an opportunity to get her first experience in this field. In 2012, Elena leaves for Russia and arrives in Moscow for Russia Today (RT), where she worked until May 2014 as a spokeswoman. During this period she promoted the channel, took part in the organization of international forums, summits, exhibitions, competitions held around the world.

It should be noted that RT is not just a television channel, but a whole television network of three information channels broadcasting around the clock from Moscow around the world and covering more than 100 countries. Broadcasting takes place in five languages: Russian, English, Spanish, Arabic, French. In such world capitals as Washington and London, own RT studios are located. In addition, RT includes RTD channel, engaged in documentary, video news agency RUPTLY, exclusive materials of which are used by the majority of world TV channels. RT is the only Russian TV channel, nominated in the field of news for the prestigious Emmy award three times. The channel has around the clock access to more than 700 million viewers around the world.

Since January 2014, Elena Potanina begins to cooperate with the company "RD Studio", engaged in the filming of documentary films, and in May of the same year moves there to permanent work as co-producer Valdis Pelsh. In the same place, it works now. In parallel, Elena from May 2014 to February 2015 worked as a spokeswoman for the promotion of the firm "YUST", specializing in jurisprudence.

The law firm "YUST" unites leading Russian specialists in the field of advocacy and claims to be one of the most professional and reliable Russian law firms. He has extensive judicial practice.

Main Projects

In the sports version of the television game "What? Where? When? "Elena Potanina began to take part from the age of 12, and in 2006 she made her debut as a member of the women's team of the club of experts. In 2009 Elena becomes the captain of the Russian team "What? Where? When? ", The winner of the Cup of Nations, held in the same year in the city of Kirov. He is one of the best players of the team, which proved his participation in the World Championship in Israeli Eilat. She was invited and took part in many television programs, since 2009 she is the editor of the Brain-ring, a popular program of the television company "Game". In 2008 and 2009 she edited the Ukrainian version of the TV show "What? Where? When?".

Media about Elena Potanina

Elena Potanina is an outstanding personality, and therefore enjoys constant attention from the press and often gives interviews. She is not afraid to answer frank questions about the internal relations between the players of the club of experts, has her own opinion about the specifics of the game. On the question of willingness to take risks in the game gives an affirmative answer, citing as an example the first game of the summer season of 2015. During the game there was a difficult situation: the team lost with a score of 2: 5 viewers. Any wrong answer could be the last in the game for the team. And here's the next question that connoisseurs can not answer in a minute. Then, according to Elena's decision, a credit was taken, and the experts could give the right answer. Then there was a blitz, and again a victory. And the team won. And Elena wants to become the first woman to receive the title of the best captain of the game "What? Where? When?".

Personal life

Most viewers who have been watching the program "What? Where? When? ", Empathic players are not indifferent to Elena Potanina, whose personal life causes their genuine interest. A great interest is due in part to the fact that Elena is constantly in public.

Elena Potanina, whose photo paired with Ilya Novikov is shown above, was considered the bride of this famous Russian lawyer and player of the television show "What? Where? When? "During one of the broadcasts, Elena announced the acceptance of Ilya's proposal of marriage. Many later thought that Ilya Novikov was Elena Potanina's husband. But it was not so. For quite a long period the fans watched the development of the couple's relationship, which, in the presence of the same vital interests, also looked harmonious. But the fans were disappointed - the couple broke off their relationship. Ilya Novikov married Anastasia Shutova, also a member of the club of experts. Elena Potanina herself considers her personal life to be quite active.