Activist And 'Heroine' Oksana Shachko Found Dead In Paris, Suicide Suspected

[Jason]

A founding member of the prominent protest group Femen, Oksana Shachko, has died in Paris in an apparent suicide, fellow members say, mourning the loss of a woman they called "a heroine of our time."

Femen co-founder Anna Hutsol told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service on July 24 that Shachko was dead, following reports that her body was found in her Paris apartment the previous day.

"As far as I know, she was concerned that everything is going badly in the world," Hutsol said of Shachko. She added that "unfortunately," she and Shachko had not been in touch much lately.

"RIP. The most fearless and vulnerable Oksana Shachko has left us," a post on the Femen website said. "We mourn together with her relatives and friends and [await] the official version from the police."

https://www.rferl.org/a/femen-activist- ... 86587.html

[Svartalf]

Weird, she's too young to be that desperate

[Jason]

It is very strange. It makes me sad.

[Svartalf]

I think it's suicide in the same extent that maria politkovskaya's death was suicide...

[Rum]

Weird, she's too young to be that desperate

Mood and 'mental health' are in my experience much more of an influence on this sort of thing than reaction to the way the world happens to be at any given time.

[Svartalf]

Well, belonging to the femen movement sure casts aspersion on your mental health, but she had let them and gone on with her own life

[Svartalf]

and as for mood... it's not enough, the number of times I've been in a terrible mound and not done anything permanently stupid is beyond counting

[Rum]

and as for mood... it's not enough, the number of times I've been in a terrible mound and not done anything permanently stupid is beyond counting

I assure you it can be for some people. Of course 'circumstances' are often part of the mix.

[Svartalf]

well, I did not know her, but I doubt she committed 'suicide' on her own.

[Jason]

I'm also skeptical of the 'suicide' claim. I'm waiting for the coroner's report.

[pErvinalia]

and as for mood... it's not enough, the number of times I've been in a terrible mound and not done anything permanently stupid is beyond counting

Nothing worse than a terrible mound..

[Svartalf]

Autocorrect, I hate you.

[cronus]

Doubt it was suicide with Putin on the scene. Already had a run in with Russian secret services a couple of times from what I've read. No expert but seems more likely a set up? Perhaps I'm naive?