An award-winning Russian journalist, who has spent years investigating purported human rights abuses in Chechnya, has been seriously injured in an attack by armed masked men.
Yelena Milashina has been pictured with green antiseptic covering her face. Image: Novaya Gazeta Europe Novayagazeta.eu via AP
Yelena Milashina had just arrived in the Russian province where she was due to attend the court sentencing of Zarema Musayeva, a woman who was allegedly unjustly persecuted for political reasons.'s capital Grozny with a lawyer Alexander Nemov when they were both attacked just outside the local airport.
Their vehicle was blocked by several cars and they were beaten by several masked assailants, who put guns to their heads and broke their equipment.Ms Milashina suffered a brain injury and several broken fingers, while Mr Nemov had a deep cut on his leg, according to the journalist's newspaper, Novaya Gazeta.
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