Jelena Valeryevna Milaschina
Jelena Valerjewna Milaschina ( Russian Елена Валерьевна Милашина , English transcription Elena Milashina , * 1978 ) is a Russian investigative journalist . She is the chief correspondent of Novaya Gazeta and continues the research of her colleague Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006, in the North Caucasus .
Life
Jelena Milaschina came to Novaya Gazeta , Russia's most famous independent newspaper, in 1996 as a 19-year-old journalist : "Novaya Gazeta is the only newspaper where I can really work as a journalist (in Russia)!"
Today, as the successor to the murdered journalists Anna Politkowskaja and Natalja Estemirowa , she writes about human rights violations and the widespread corruption of the government, particularly in Chechnya and throughout the embattled North Caucasus . These autonomous republics of southern Russia, which are predominantly inhabited by Muslims, are among the most unstable areas in the Russian Federation. Jelena Milaschina has been working closely with Human Rights Watch for years to document atrocities on both sides in this conflict. She also undertook several joint missions with this organization in South Ossetia , Chechnya and Dagestan to interview victims of human rights violations and to document their suffering.
Awards
- October 2010: Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism from Human Rights Watch for her commitment and courage to protect human rights.
- 2013: International Women of Courage Award
Web links
- Elena Milashina , accessed October 26, 2010
- The danger in being a journalist in Russia today , CBC Radio Canada, accessed November 4, 2010
- Jelena Milaschina in Twitter , accessed November 4, 2010
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Schepp: The Newspaper Loved in the West, Hated at Home . SPIEGEL Online International. June 9, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ Human Rights Watch: Elena Milashina, Russia . Human Rights Watch. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.hrw.org/en/voices-for-justice
- ↑ US Department of State - 2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners , accessed March 31, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milaschina, Jelena Valeryevna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Милашина, Елена Валерьевна (Russian spelling); Milashina, Elena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian investigative journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |