Yelena Vasilyevna Masyuk was born on 24 January 1966 and is a Russian television journalist known for her coverage of the First and Second Chechen Wars.
12 Facts About Yelena Masyuk
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Yelena Masyuk later stated that in her reporting, she tried "to show the Chechen side of the story, to give them a chance to tell their point of view, to show how terrible the war was for civilians and even Russian soldiers".
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Yelena Masyuk went on from Chechnya to report in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.
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Yelena Masyuk was noted for the quality of her contacts within Chechnya.
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In 2004, Yelena Masyuk created a four-part documentary entitled The Character of Friendship, exploring potential dangers in the Sino-Russian relationship.
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Yelena Masyuk worked in Novaya Gazeta from 2012 to 2019.
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Yelena Masyuk was threatened directly with prosecution following an interview in the Nozhnay-Yurtovsky Rayon with Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev immediately after the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis, in which Basayev succeeded in taking over 1,000 civilian hostages.
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Yelena Masyuk took Zhirinovsky to court for slander, and in December 1997, the court ordered him to publicly apologize and to pay Yelena Masyuk $5,000 in damages.
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In 1998, Yelena Masyuk was declared persona non grata by the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan after broadcasting reports critical of the nation's government.
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In early 1997, Yelena Masyuk had been pulled from a Chechen assignment due to threats against her.
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Yelena Masyuk was named a Duke University media fellow in 1995, teaching at the DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism.
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Yelena Masyuk is a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.