Elena Milashina

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta , Journalist

Incident date: February 6, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: The Front Line Defenders

Location: Russia, Chechen Republic, Grozny

Additional information:

“Novaya Gazeta” journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Marina Dubrovina were beaten up in Grozny hotel lobby, the day before court hearings of videoblogger Islam Nukhanov’s case. Milashina receive numerous threats from the head of Chechnya.