Beaten female Russian journalist moved to Moscow hospital

[July 05, 2023]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian investigative journalist and a lawyer who were beaten in the southern republic of Chechnya have been moved to a hospital in Moscow, one of the country's most prominent journalists said on Wednesday.

Yelena Milashina, a well-known journalist for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, was travelling to the Chechen capital Grozny from the local airport with Alexander Nemov, a lawyer, when they were attacked a day earlier.

The two were beaten, and threatened with guns while Milashina had her head shaved and green dye thrown over her.

Yelena Milashina, a journalist for the now-banned independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, speaks on the phone at a hospital after she and lawyer Alexander Nemov were attacked on their way to the Chechen capital Grozny from the local airport, in Grozny, Russia July 4, 2023. Crew Against Torture/Handout via REUTERS

Alexei Venediktov, the former head of the closed Ekho Moskvy radio station, said in a message on Telegram that the two were now in a Moscow hospital.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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