Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili is a Georgian and Russian journalist and television presenter. By his own statement, he is an anti-publicist. Recently, his shocking and aggressive style of work has become more moderate, which speaks of the wisdom of age and the desire to make the world a better place by creating beauty, and not destroying the imperfect. Fans want to know the details of his financial situation, because 8 children of the recognized columnist require a corresponding income.
According to many fans, Otar Kushanashvili has given up significantly lately. And the point is not only in his professional activity, which has ceased to inspire caring people, but also in his appearance. The once rather attractive man suddenly began to look much older than his age, and even the look of the “hot Georgian” became somehow faded and faded. Perhaps the financial crisis overtook not only his homeland, but also the journalist himself?
short biography
On June 22, 1970, the future odious journalist was born in the large family of Shalva and Nelly Kushanashvilli. From childhood, Otar was an emotional and sociable child. According to the columnist himself, he was simply doomed to professional activities in the field of journalism. During school years, the boy and the young man established himself as a bright debater who was ready to speak out on any occasion, regardless of faces.
And the newspaper "Kutaisskaya Pravda" became the print edition for Kushanashvili's pen test. In addition, regularly subscribing to and reading the well-known Literaturnaya Gazeta, he entered into correspondence with many authors, including Lev Anninsky and Stanislav Rassadin. A noteworthy letter was a letter from a Georgian guy to Anninsky, in which he wrote the following lines: “Chingiz Aitmatov is a bad writer! Read at least Nodar Dumbadze. Our writer will be stronger!"
The discouraged journalist considered himself obligated to respond to such a bold statement from a provincial subscriber. Having received a letter from the capital's luminary, Otar, filled with feelings, read and cried over the cherished piece of paper. Perhaps this was the key impetus that served as the main reason for admission, after receiving a certificate of secondary education, to the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Tbilisi.
However, his violent disposition and unwillingness to keep himself within strict limits affected his behavior. It was the "long tongue" that caused Otar to be expelled from this university, after which he was drafted into the army. Having paid his debt to the country to protect the peaceful sky over the heads of his fellow citizens, Kushanashvili decided to increase the scale of his plans and set off to conquer Moscow.
Naturally, in the capital, the ambitions of a Georgian guy with a funny accent were not immediately justified. He had to earn his daily bread and mop with a rag at the Paveletsky station, and work at night as a night watchman in high school. However, all this was accompanied by the regular mailing of their resumes to all Moscow publications. And then a miracle happened. It was the 35th attempt that became happy. Otar was admitted to the publishing house for a trial period.
Personal life
Growing up in a family where parents raised 9 children, Kushanashvili set a high mark for himself in fertility. Today the popular journalist already has 8 heirs.
Maria Gorokhova became the first wife of a hot Georgian guy, having given birth to a daughter, Daria, and sons, George and Nikolos. Currently, the place of residence of the children is Kiev, where they live with their mother. According to her father, the eldest heiress grew up "a real beauty and a clever girl," who decided to follow in her parent's footsteps, realizing herself on television.
This marriage ended in divorce and the loss of all immovable property by Otar Kushanashvili, which passed to his ex-wife and children.
The second wife of the journalist was Irina Kiseleva, who worked as a legal consultant at a bank. This marital union was the reason for the birth of Elina's daughter and Fyodor's son.
And currently Kushanashvili is in a civil marriage with Olga Kurochkina, who is an entrepreneur. In this family, the popular TV presenter and journalist managed to become a parent three times. Olga gave birth to a son Mamuka, daughter Elena and the younger heir to Roman, whose name was given in honor of his deceased uncle Romani.
It is interesting that Otar introduced all his children to each other, and they found a common language and established warm, friendly relations. The journalist is a fairly open person. He regularly shares his creative ideas and details from family life, not only in the format of his own books and TV shows, but also on his pages on social networks. In addition, he has his own blog in LiveJournal, where you can communicate with him online.
Figures and facts
Recently, Otar Kushanashvili's earnings have not been stable. After all, his main source of income is fees for participating in corporate events and on television programs. The most regular television projects with his participation include programs where the host is Andrei Malakhov.
For these programs, the journalist receives a reward of about 100,000 rubles. Of course, the factor of increasing one's own rating also works here. For Kushanashvili, corporate events have not become a demanded service. And those infrequent thematic events that still fall to his lot bring him income in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 US dollars. Working as a presenter on the Natural Selection program brings him an official salary in the amount of 200,000 rubles per month.
All these types of income cannot be called decent. After all, the loss of most of the property by a journalist after two divorces and serious alimony paid for the maintenance of growing children are a serious obstacle to his material well-being.
