A person has a talent, a mind, a desire to become famous. However, fame is different. The identity of Elena Masyuk is ambiguous, as is her interpretation of the events of the war in the North Caucasus in the nineties.
Journalist biography
Elena Vasilievna Masyuk was born on January 24, 1966 in the city of Alma-Ata, the former capital of the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan. After graduating from secondary school, Elena entered the famous Moscow State University at the Faculty of Journalism. After graduating, she left for an internship in the United States of America. In 1993, having returned to Moscow, the girl got a job working on television. Together with Oleg Vakulovsky and Dmitry Zakharov, she led the popular program “Sight” on Central Television. A year later, Elena Masyuk switched to the NTV channel and became one of the channel’s most notable journalists. Then, in 1994, the First Chechen War unfolded in the Caucasus and Masyuk, as part of a group of journalists, set off for a sensational story.
Career
The report she produced gave the promising and talented journalist her first success, and subsequently numerous awards from the Russian and American governments. Having sided with the Chechen fighters, Masiuk supported their right to freedom, exposing the Russian soldiers and officers in an unfavorable light. Then Elena kept silent about the real events taking place in Chechnya: about human trafficking and bullying of hostages. The aired documentary arouses public resonance and the division of public opinion. The prosecutor’s office even tried to bring a case against journalists, but found no aggravating evidence.
