How a Russian Journalist Exposed the Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya  – The New Yorker

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How a Russian Journalist Exposed the Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya

An interview with Elena Milashina, the reporter who broke the story that sparked a global outcry.

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-a-russian-journalist-exposed-the-anti-gay-crackdown-in-chechnya

Since Politkovskaya’s death, much of the paper’s coverage of Chechnya has been done by Elena Milashina, a thirty-nine-year-old reporter who has numerous confidential sources inside the republic, and who is no stranger to threats for her work

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