Natalia Novikova

 Natalia Novikova is a news correspondent for RT.

She joined the channel in 2006 and prior to joining the correspondents’ team, she worked with RT’s business department.

There, she interviewed some of Russia’s most influential figures, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin and businessman Mikhail Prokhorov amongst them.

Nowadays, Natalia often works with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Her work has taken her to South Ossetia during the August 2008 conflict, where she spent more than a week in Tskhinval.

Natalia studied banking and finance at the London School of Economics.

In her spare time, Natalia enjoys painting, photography, wakeboarding and snowboarding.