[1] In this role, she ran a series of articles criticizing the Federal Security Service's tactics in fighting the region's insurgency.
[3] UK press freedom group ARTICLE 19 condemned her prosecution as part of a "trend" of harassment by authorities of Dagestani reporters.
[6] On 15 December Gadzhimurat Kamalov, Isayeva's former boss at Chernovik and close colleague, was shot dead by an unknown gunman.
[7] CPJ described his death as "a lethal blow to press freedom" and "a massive loss for independent journalism in the North Caucasus, Russia's most dangerous place for reporters".
[7] After staying with friends in Moscow for two months, Isayeva was named a visiting scholar at Columbia University's Harriman Institute in the U.S., arriving there in February 2012.