After the first of Masyuk 's reports showing the violence in Chechnya , Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets attempted to revoke NTV 's license to broadcast in retaliation . Masyuk was threatened directly with prosecution following an interview with Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev immediately after the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis , in which Basayev succeeded in taking over 1,000 civilian hostages . The attorney general 's office formally investigated Masyuk under Article 189 of the Criminal Code ( harboring a criminal ) and Article 190 ( failure to report a crime ) , but the case was dropped after the attorney general was forced to resign for unrelated corruption charges
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
Yelena Masyuk