Ekaterina Andreeva (journalist)

Ekaterina Sergeevna Andreeva (Russian: Екатери́на Серге́евна Андре́ева; born 27 November 1961 or 1965) is a Russian journalist, actress and anchor of Vremya and Novosti, Channel One Russia's main evening news bulletins since 1997.

Her father was a deputy chairman of the Gossnab of USSR, and her mother was a housewife.

[1][2] As a child, she had an interest in basketball, and briefly studied at the School of Olympic Reserve.

[5] In October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Andreeva drew backlash after she supported the anti-mask movement.

[6] On 14 March 2022, while reporting live on television, her colleague Marina Ovsyannikova held up a sign behind her as protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine for which both of them received worldwide attention.