Yelena Malysheva, was a celebrity contestant who appeared on a special episode of Kto khochet stat' millionerom? on March 9, 2003, answering the 10th question wrong and won 1,000 rubles, as well as on October 16, 2010, where she answered the 9th question wrong and won 5,000 rubles.
On October 21, 2006, Yelena was one of Three Wise Men (with Gennady Vdovin and Larisa Rubalskaya). The Three Wise Men (4th in Russian version) lifeline was introduced in this episode.