Elena Kostyuchenko
From QueerBio.com
Country
Russian
Birth - Death
1987 -
Occupation
Journalist, Activist
Description
Investigative reporter for the newspaper 'Novaya Gazeta', being the first journalist to write about the punk protest band 'Pussy Riot'. Has been arrested and beaten on numerous occasions for her LGBTQ activism. Recipient of the Freedom Award for her reporting on the subject (2013).