Notorious and ruthless: Meet the ‘Cruella de Vil’ coach in spotlight over Kamila Valieva failed drugs test

With her designer jackets, inscrutable expressions and shock of dyed blonde hair, Eteri Tutberidze explicitly styles herself as Russian figure skating’s answer to Cruella de Vil. This 47-year-old former ice dancer, now facing urgent questions around her protege Kamila Valieva’s descent at these Winter Olympics from teenage stardom to doping scandal, appears almost to revel in her reputation for hauteur. That much was evident from a practice session by Alexandra Trusova, Valieva’s team-mate, whic

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