Elena Milashina

Elena Milashina (Russian: Елена Милашина, born 28 October 1978) is a Russian investigative journalist for Novaya Gazeta.  In October 2009, Milashina received Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. 

In 2006, Milashina's colleague Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in Moscow. Milashina continues the investigations.  

In the early morning of April 5, 2012, two unidentified people attacked Milashina and her friend Ella Asoyan in the Balashika neighborhood of Moscow.

In 2013, Elena Milashina received an International Women of Courage Award.

Related pages
 2013 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

 References 

Other websites

Milashina Speaks Out on Alarming Rise in Murders, Threats Against Critics of Government Abuses in North Caucasus - video report by Democracy Now!

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