Elena Potanina is known for her television show “What? Where? When?". A multiple champion of the mind game, she has also enjoyed a career as a successful lawyer. Potanina became a participant in many television programs and won the love of viewers. Developing personally and professionally, the girl constantly strives for new achievements.
Job
Elena Potanina began working as a partner. She was hired on staff in February 2010. Having received her first experience, Elena went to Russia. In 2012, Potanina moved to Moscow and got a job at the Russia Today (RT) TV channel. There she worked as a secretary until 2014. The girl was involved in advertising the channel, and also participated in the design of international forums, competitions and exhibitions.
Since January 2014, Potanina has been working at, where she is working on documentary television programs. Already in May she became a co-producer of Valdis Pelsh. At the same time, she was a press secretary.
Elena Potanina also proved herself as a producer of television programs:
- "The People Who Made the Earth Round."
- "The smartest skyscraper."
- “The height gene, or how to get to Everest.”
The ex-wife of Vladimir Potanin spoke about his children from another woman
Litigation between the richest man in Russia (Forbes magazine estimated Vladimir Potanin’s fortune at $15.4 billion) and his ex-wife Natalia has been going on for more than a year and, apparently, the high-profile divorce proceedings with the redistribution of jointly acquired property are nearing the finish line. didn't get close. Moreover, the businessman himself, who not so long ago married for the second time to his employee Ekaterina, unlike his ex-wife, continues to remain silent on principle.
Natalia Potanina gave a long interview to Tatler magazine, in which, among other things, she told how she lives now and what she knows about the billionaire’s new lover. The ex-wife of Vladimir Potanin, together with his youngest son Vasily, eldest son Ivan and his wife Yana (who recently became a mother for the first time), still lives in a luxurious family mansion in Nemchinovo, although it no longer actually belongs to her. However, the woman does not lose hope of sitting down at the negotiating table with the man with whom she has been married for 30 years.
One of the blows that life dealt Potanina over the past 1.5 years was the news that her ex-husband has an illegitimate daughter.
From the same Ekaterina, whom, of course, Natalya knew at one time, exclusively as an employee of Vladimir Olegovich. Moreover, the girl was born 3.5 years ago, that is, at a time when love, trust and mutual understanding seemed to reign in the oligarch’s family.
“This is no longer the Volodya whom I fell in love with and with whom I spent the best 30 years of my life. He positioned himself as a devoted family man, preached family values and loudly condemned divorce. But he turned out to be a banal womanizer, who not only has affairs on the side, but also an illegitimate child,” the billionaire’s ex-wife told Tatler in disappointment.
Moreover, according to Natalia Potanina, the businessman managed to become a father again - in the summer of 2014, his beloved Ekaterina gave birth to his son. Thus, the richest man in Russia already has a total of five children, although he still does not communicate with his sons from his first marriage, Vasily and Ivan.
Attempts by 26-year-old Ivan to congratulate his father on his birthday were unsuccessful - even the billionaire’s security changed their phone numbers.
However, a family tragedy brought the young man together with his beloved Yana (the young man met her while still at school) - they officially registered their relationship and became parents for the first time. Therefore, Natalia Potanina is now not only dealing with legal issues related to the court and her own charitable projects, but also, like any grandmother, she is happy to babysit her grandson Sasha.
Character traits
Elena Potanina (“What? Where? When?”) is a person with extraordinary character traits, constantly in the spotlight. She boldly answers frank questions about personal relationships between members of the club of experts, and also expresses her own opinion about the specifics of the game.
She behaves easily in any difficult situation. For example, when a problematic moment arises in the game, Elena quickly makes a decision: take an extra minute, choose one of the options suggested by team members, or answer on her own.
It is noteworthy that Elena Potanina became the first woman to receive the title of best captain of the game “What? Where? When?". The award was given for a series of magnificent victories.
Children of a famous TV presenter
From his first marriage, Boris has two children, a son named Misha and a daughter named Alexandra. They have a good education. Mikhail is now 27 years old, he is an economist, Alexandra is 24 years old, lives in London.
Boris Kryuk and his wife Anna have two daughters, Sasha, 19 years old, and Varvara, 14 years old. The youngest daughter is interested in the TV game “What? Where? When?". According to her father, she has no desire to participate in the game yet. Children born in two marriages are friends with each other and spend their free time with their father. The names of the eldest daughters are the same, so the name Alexandra is a family name. In the family, many grandmothers, great-grandmothers and even one grandfather called Boris by this name.
At the ceremonial presentation of the Tefi-2016 award in the Daytime Broadcast category, Boris Kryuk was accompanied by his wife Anna. Photos of the wife could be seen on the covers of glossy magazines, where she stands with her husband. The TV presenter witnessed the start of the release of the game “What? Where? When?" aired, and he honorably follows the traditions laid down by his stepfather.
Boris Kryuk is in good physical and moral shape and this is a great merit of his wife. Anna, unlike her husband, is not a public person, so there is little information about her, the main thing is that she is a good wife and an excellent mother.
Perhaps interesting: the wife of Stas Starovoitov, the wife of Boris Zarkov.
Elena Potanina (What? Where? When?): personal life
Most TV viewers watch not only the brilliant games of the girl from Odessa, but are also interested in her personal life. The already great interest in her person is fueled by the fact that Elena is constantly in public.
For some time, Potanina met with the player “What? Where? When?" Ilya Novikov. At one of the episodes of the intellectual program, Elena said that Ilya proposed to her. The couple also participated in the show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” However, the romance was short-lived. Elena herself, when asked about her personal life, says: “I have an active personal life.”
Ilya Novikov, wife
For a long time he was one of the best players in the club of experts “What? Where? When?”, and had a whole army of fans who admired his playing and encyclopedic knowledge. Many were interested in the details of his personal life, who is Ilya Novikov’s wife, and whether he has children.
For several years he had a close relationship with his playing partner Elena Potanina; according to rumors, they were even going to get married, but this never happened.
They don't talk about their personal lives or answer questions about the reason for their separation, so it's hard to say why this couple broke up.
But Ilya was not left alone - in his favorite club he met another girl - Anastasia Shutova, who has been playing since 2011. After some time, he proposed to her, and their wedding took place in 2013 during a twelve-day trip to the North Pole. The captain of the nuclear icebreaker, according to the old maritime custom, signed the couple, and later they registered at the registry office, and Anastasia Shutova became the legal wife of Ilya Novikov. However, their family life was not very long - two years later the couple divorced, and Novikov again found himself a free man.
In the photo - Novikov and Potanina
And a year later, Ilya was released from participation in the club game “What? Where? When?" because he undertook to defend Nadezhda Savchenko in court. Boris Kryuk, the host of the TV show, said that Novikov himself should have left the project as soon as he decided to take on Savchenko’s case, which he later did.
Ilya Novikov graduated with honors from the Russian Academy of Justice, and since 2005 began teaching there at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Advanced Training for Judges. A few years later, he became a senior partner in the law firm Goncharova, Novikov and Partners, and then a partner in the consulting company Tenzor Consulting Group.
Novikov made his debut on television when he was only fourteen years old - then he became a participant in the “Wheel of History” program on the RTR television channel. Then he took part in the “Own Game” project, and in the “What? Where? When?" Novikov came to the team in 2002, during his entire participation he became the owner of the “Crystal Owl” twice, as well as the “Diamond Owl”, awarded to the best player at the end of the year.
In the photo - Ilya Novikov and Anastasia Shutova
He was considered one of the club's brightest players, and after his departure, many fans of the show were very disappointed that their favorite took up the defense of Savchenko. Later, information appeared in the media that Ilya Novikov would play in the project “What? Where? When?" on Ukrainian television. It won’t be difficult for him to do this, because for the sake of Savchenko’s cause, he learned the Ukrainian language.
TV shows
The girl has been playing the game for intellectuals since the 7th grade. It all started with school Olympiads. Then the history teacher advised Elena to join the Erudite literary club. This invitation became Potanina’s lucky ticket to the “What? Where? When?". Her school team became a five-time champion among Ukrainian children in this game.
Then the club received a call from Moscow and asked to introduce a participant from Odessa. So Elena Potanina became a member of the women's team. She, along with other participants, was sent to the legendary round table of the Hunting Lodge. However, in 2005, the team of experts, in which Elena was an ordinary participant, lost with a score of 5:6.
Elena has been participating in the sports version of the game since she was 12 years old. Her debut took place in 2006. She became captain in 2007. Until 2011, her team also played:
- Dmitry Panayotti.
- Edouard Chagall.
- Sergey Nikolenko.
- Mikhail Malkin.
- Sergey Makarov.
In seven games in a row, Potanina is recognized as the best player. In 2009, the Russian team led by Potanina won the Nations Cup “What? Where? When?". In 2020, together with a team of television clubs, Elena led her team to victory. Under her leadership were:
- Mikhail Karpuk.
- Andrey Korobeinik.
- Hayk Kazazyan.
- Iya Metreveli.
- Roman Orkodashvili.
Potanina (“What? Where? When?”) was invited to other television programs:
- "Children's pranks."
- "Cruel Intentions"
- "The cleverest".
- "Big races".
- "Who want to be a millionaire?".
In 2009-2010, Elena participated in the work on the Brain Ring project. Before that, she hosted the Ukrainian program “What? Where? When?". Being a participant in many intellectual projects and television shows, the girl knows how to productively distribute time and energy.
Interesting thoughts
Potanin shares intelligence and erudition. Intelligence is the ability to think, to find new connections between phenomena. Erudition is simply a large amount of knowledge from different fields. An intelligent person may not have great erudition.
How does a smart woman behave in everyday life? She, according to Elena, follows the path of life, despite the difficulties, and also makes the everyday life of those around her easy and pleasant. Also, the charming captain of the team of experts claims that smart women attract men, they are sexy and irresistible. They can look great without a full wallet.
Regarding Potanin’s career (“What? Where? When?”) he responds very unequivocally. In modern society, in her opinion, there are many opportunities for implementation. Gender no longer plays a decisive role in choosing a profession. A smart woman quickly copes with her tasks, achieves her goals faster and more efficiently. She keeps her head cool under any circumstances. For example, in “What? Where? When?" player Potanina proved herself to be a prudent and decisive participant.
Active work within the framework of an intellectual project taught Elena to quickly make decisions and think productively under conditions of severe stress. Potanina (What? Where? When?), whose biography includes many interesting events, has positioned herself from early childhood as an active and cheerful person. This is confirmed by every milestone in her biography, as well as a large number of professional achievements.
In the future, Potanina intends to participate in a variety of projects that are associated with active intellectual activity.
