Elena Milashina

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Who is Elena Milashina?

Elena Milashina is a Russian investigative journalist for Novaya Gazeta. In October 2009 she was awarded Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.

She continues investigations started by her colleague Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated in Moscow in 2006.

In the early morning of April 5, 2012, Milashina, along with friend Ella Asoyan, was attacked by two unknown assailants in the Balashika neighborhood of Moscow.

In 2013 Elena Milashina was granted with the International Women of Courage Award.

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on July 23, 2013

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