"Born in Khabarovsk (August 27, 1985). Son of Igor Aleksandrovich Kots, and younger brother of Aleksandr Kots.

He followed the path of his elder brother and also became a war correspondent. The first long business trip was in February 2014: on the editorial assignment of “Evening Moscow”, the journalist went to Simferopol and covered the annexation of Crimea by Russia.

Now he works for “RIA Novosti” (RIA NEWS). Since 2022, he has been working in the war zone. He has been hosting his own Telegram channel and has published a number of articles on the Gazeta.ru website. He was detained on February 10, 2022, for possession of light drugs, but then he was released."