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We have to follow the sources, of course, and so far there's The Guardian, saying she's protesting against the Ukraine war, but actually, we don't quite know that for sure. Both of her posters are about protesting against nuclear war; she even wants the [nuclear] physicists to be stopped (she points out she doesn't want them killed in her sign). One can assume that it's connected to the Ukraine war, but we should watch the sources carefully, and see if there are any interviews with her directly, or those in the know. Neither of her signs are about the Ukraine invasion, specifically. Mathglot (talk) 01:58, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That's right, Mathglot. The posters can be seen in the video provided in the Guardian reference. (I cropped and rotated both placards so as to add them to the discussion here and possibly to the article later. But when I wanted to upload them, I read in the instructions that that's not allowed.) What I can decipher is below. Please, others who know Russian better, feel free to edit it. --Compassionate traveler (talk) 02:45, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
нет ядерному оружию во всем мире (немедленно заклиючить договор) Молодая Украина сразу отказалась от ядерного оружия А у России танки с сядерными зарядами не сняты с вооружения со бремен войны во в___ во вьетнаме (ссср-сша)
не физиков убивать а запретить ___ немедленно ядерное оружие одновременно во вцем мире спасти житиь на земле XXI век 2020 21 ___ ___
It's not clear that she can be described as an "activist", sufficiently for it to be part of the article title, unless anyone at a protest is automatically an "activist", which I don't think qualifies. What she is, is a painter; so the title should be, Yelena Osipova (painter). Mathglot (talk) 02:00, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings and answers to the questions above from de.wikipedia[edit]
Hi folks, I'm the author of the more extensive german language-article on Ms. Osipova. It seems her activism generally revolves around liberal, pacifist positions. It is the protest against the recent war in Ukraine (or rather her arrest) that caused western media to notice her, and the reports about her recent arrest overshadow everything else, but she has been standing up for all kinds of topics relevant to russian society (political prisoners, corruption, indifference to injustice...) over the course of 20 years now. Consequently, calling her a "painter" is technically not wrong, but it's definitely not what she's known for.--Schreckgespenst (talk) 14:26, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article Schreckgespenst is referring to above is here, for anyone interested. Automatic translation into English here. Mathglot (talk) 03:27, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
