In 2004, on her way to the siege of a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, where she hoped to mediate between the Chechen hostage-takers and the Russian army, she was poisoned and nearly died.

• 2004年俄北奥塞梯别斯兰市第一中学劫持人质事件，她曾希望充当车臣绑匪与俄军方间的调解人，结果途中遭人下毒、险些丧命。