Tatyana Koshkaryova

Tatyana Petrovna Koshkaryova (; born 5 September 1962) is a Russian journalist. A correspondent for the , Moskovskiye Novosti and newspapers, she was Deputy General Director of ORT from 1999 to 2000 and editor-in-chief of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper between 2001 and 2007.

Early life and education Koshkaryova was born in Moscow on 5 September 1962. Her mother was a doctor and her father was a military pilot. Koshkaryova is a graduate of the MSU Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University, obtaining a degree in journalism in 1986.

Career She worked in the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and later became a correspondent for the and Moskovskiye Novosti newspapers, In 1997, Koshkaryova was appointed editor of the politics department at the Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper and was promoted to deputy editor-in-chief in August 1998. Koshkaryova said she was influenced to take up the position because she was acquainted with the staff and the editorial board's internal structure. She resigned from the position in February 2007, after Konstantin Remchukov, the newspaper's owner, became its editor-in-chief and general director.