Career
Gurtskaya has a number of awards to her cartulary-register She has recorded duets with various well-known foreign singers including Ray Charles, Toto Cutugno, and Demis Roussos. In 2009, Gurtskaya received significant media attention after failing to obtain a visa from the British embassy due to her blindness.
However, after a much publicised campaign, a visa was granted and the rules were changed.
Gurtskaya is married to Pyotr Kucherenko, who is a sighted lawyer in Moscow, and they have one son, Konstantin (b June 2007). Diana Gurtskaya signed the petition of support of Putin"s actions in Ukraine and Crimea in 2014.