# Elena Kostyuchenko

Elena Kostyuchenko is a Russian investigative journalist whose reporting has appeared in Novaya Gazeta and Meduza. She began working for a local newspaper in Yaroslavl as a teenager before studying journalism at Moscow State University. Her book I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country brings together her reporting and won the 2024 Pushkin House Book Prize. Her journalism has also received the Fritt Ord Prize and a European Press Prize.

[Biography adapted from Wikipedia contributors; edited for length.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elena_Kostyuchenko&oldid=1370558532) · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

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Canonical URL: https://onrs.org/people/elena-kostyuchenko/

## Events at ONRS

- [Reporting from a Lost Country: Public Interview with Elena Kostyuchenko](https://onrs.org/events/kostyuchenko/) — Friday, 13 December 2024; Past appearance