What is Elena Milashina?
[[File:Elena Milashina.jpg|thumb|Elena Milashina with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and First Lady Michelle Obama. March 8, 2013]] '''Elena Milashina''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Елена Милашина, born 28 October 1978) is a [[Russia]]n investigative [[journalist]] for ''[[Novaya Gazeta]].'' In October 2009, Milashina received [[Human Rights Watch]]'s Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/10/01/elena-milashina-russia |title=Elena Milashina, Russia |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] web site |date=October 1, 2009}}</ref> In 2006, Milashina's [[colleague]] [[Anna Politkovskaya]] was [[assassinate]]d in [[Moscow]]. Milashina continues the [[investigation]]s. In the early morning of April 5, 2012, two unidentified people attacked Milashina and her friend Ella Asoyan in the Balashika neighborhood of Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cpj.org/2012/04/investigative-journalist-brutally-beaten-in-russia.php |title=Investigative Journalist Brutally Beaten in Russia |work=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]] web site |date=April 5, 2012}}</ref> In 2013, Elena Milashina received an [[International Women of Courage Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voatibetanenglish.com/content/article/1615554.html|title=Dissident Tibetan Writer Wins The US Government 2013 International Women of Courage Award|publisher=|access-date=2015-03-29|archive-date=2016-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118123801/http://www.voatibetanenglish.com/content/article/1615554.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2013/bio/index.htm|title=2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov/2013-international-women-of-courage-award-winners.html|title=2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners - HumanRights.gov is the official United States Government website for international human rights related information|publisher=|access-date=2017-02-14|archi