Photo of the day: journalist Elena Milashina after being beaten in Chechnya

A photo of journalist Elena Milashina appeared online after the attack in Chechnya.

Tatiana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in She told the RIA Novosti news agency that she had appealed to the Investigative Committee of the Chechen Republic and the Prosecutor's Office of the region in connection with the case of the beating of Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Grozny.

Recall that in Chechnya, unknown assailants attacked lawyer Alexander Nemov and an employee of Novaya Gazeta * Milashina. The journalist was shaved bald and her fingers were broken. In addition, she was doused with green paint.

On Tuesday morning, Alexander Nemov and Elena Milashina flew to Grozny to participate in the court hearing on the case of Zarema Musayeva, the wife of the ex-judge of the Supreme Court of Chechnya Saidi Yangulbayev.

*the publication has been deprived of a media license by a court decision.