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Uliana Malashenko (Russian: Ульяна Малашенко, born August 24, 1988) is a Russian American broadcast journalist and media writer, specializing in live and investigative reporting, domestic and international politics, and topics of public interest. In the past, Uliana was a host of morning news program at TVRain. Uliana moved to the United States in 2014 and presently resides in New York City, New York.

Education and Early Journalistic Career
Mrs. Malashenko has a Master's degree in Journalism from Lomonosov Moscow State University, which she received in 2011. In 2014 and 2015, she has completed coursework in documentary film and video editing at School of Visual Arts in New York. Uliana had an early start to her journalistic career. While still a student at MSU, Uliana reported for Expert TV, RBC TV and Kommersant FM. In 2013, she became a news correspondent and host of TV Rain news show, “Here and Now”. Through the early years of her journalistic career, Uliana faced a lot of pressure from the government authorities while covering high profile political stories. As a result, she was subjected to house visits by local police forces. At another point, while on assignment for Kommersant FM, she was covering the environmentalist protests in Khimki forest. Together with other journalists, she was assaulted by Russian law enforcement agents, resulting in a brain concussion and hospitalization. These and other events ultimately contributed to her decision to relocate and continue journalistic career in the United States.

Current Publications and Contributions
Mrs. Malashenko is a bilingual writer, contributing to multiple digital media publications, with articles published in English and Russian languages. She covers significant topics of public interest, ranging from current events such as Presidential and Mayoral Elections in USA and Russia, to devastation caused by hurricane Harvey and Irma. She interviewed a NASA official, Bob Jacobs, about space collaboration between US and Russia, and reported on 2017 solar eclipse in the US. Uliana's article profiling multiple survivors of HIV epidemic was published on 2017 World AIDS Day. Throughout 2016 and most of 2017, Uliana actively participated in Russian historical event project, contributing to Mikhail Zygar's high profile "Project 1917" which received a lot of coverage in online media from CNN and others..

Mrs. Malashenko presently works with multiple domestic and international online and on-air publications, including Washington Babylon, The National Interest , Snob.ru , Business FM , and Batenka.ru.

Notable Articles

 * The Municipal Election in Moscow: Amateur Politicians Against Silence
 * 30 ЛЕТ С ВИЧ
 * Understanding Putin: Why Russia didn’t celebrate the Bolshevik Revolution’s 100th anniversary
 * Twenty-Eight Years With HIV-Positive Status: A literary and photo essay
 * «They call me, Crazy Russian». The story of a Russian-born NYPD cop
 * Special New York City Election Issue: Bullshit campaign promises on subway will go unfulfilled
 * 5 unknown Russians who left their mark on U.S. history
 * Украинская «солдат Джейн». Кто такая Надежда Савченко