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PersnickityPenguin , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

Amazing that Russia is shooting down aircraft inside their own borders.

mriguy ,

Especially since the Ukrainians have shown that they really aren’t very good at doing that.

newtraditionalists , (edited ) to news in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

I mean, that's great! But what happens to his army of degenerate war criminals? They just unite under some other scumbag? Hopefully, he was arrogant enough to leave behind no indication of what to do in an event like this, and they succumb to infighting. We can dream, I suppose.

Edit: spelling

jmcs ,

Utkin would be a strong candidate but he also got a bad case of airplane crash.

2ndtryagain ,

They are all headed to Africa to cause more trouble and try and get their own little fiefdoms. At some point the US, EU or NATO is going to have to go in and fuck them up.

Dazza , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

Sad that 9 (potentially innocent) people also had to die for this “accident”.

mriguy ,

If it’s any solace, anybody voluntarily riding in a plane with him was probably just as bad as he was.

ashok36 ,

It was a private plane with a guy onboard that everyone in Russia knows is a dead man walking. Every person on that plane knew that being within 500m of the guy was a constant hazard.

TipRing ,
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I feel bad for the three crew who were just doing their job.

elouboub , to news in Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane
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Relatively quick retribution, no? Will this have any effect though besides confirming that if you cross Putin, you die?

Hyperreality ,

Wagner allied channels are talking of another march on Moscow.

But without a unifying leader? Who knows?

elouboub ,
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Now that would be interesting. If they started and actually completed the march.

Gatsby , to news in Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane
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Two months to the day after the coup attempt. His number was up the second he stopped advancing on Moscow.

LoneNumeral9 ,

Yeah, it’s definitely suspicious how this plane crash happened just two months after the coup attempt. It seems like someone wanted to silence him for good. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to this story than meets the eye.

girlfreddy OP ,
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There is …

“Christopher Steele - former head of the Russia desk at Britain’s foreign intelligence agency (MI6) - says it’s “inevitable” that this would be Prigozhin’s ending.”

“We were told some weeks ago, in fact, that there had been a contract taken out on Prigozhin inside Russia by senior people in the business community.”

from the link at the top of this toot.

paddirn ,

That’s kind of concerning, since it seems to suggest that business leaders in Russia support Putin and weren’t aiming for a coup of their own, unless Prigozhin was somehow a threat to whatever coup they might be planning (if it was being planned at all). Granted, “senior people in the business community” are probably all Putin cronies anyways.

Treczoks ,

Nothing of that kind of thing happens in Russia without Putin being behind it.

Astroturfed , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

I am SHOCKED. This is such weird timing. Shortly after staging a revolt against their fearless leader that made him look weak. I’m sure that is completely unrelated.

HuddaBudda , (edited ) to worldnews in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
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Only thing I am seeing on this is that two of Wagner's private jets were in the air, and one crashed over St. Petersburg while taking off from Moscow.

The other jet that belongs to him turned around and landed in Moscow airport after losing contact with the first. Which is pretty strange.

It is assumed that The leader Prigozhin and his 2nd in command were supposedly on board. As Russia state media is claiming they are dead.

However, Russia State Media has been lying quite a bit though this war, so it has to be taken with a grain of salt.

As of now 7 10 bodies have been found.

However, just day's earlier, Prigozhin was seen in Africa as if "announcing their services" to a developing situation. So why did he suddenly end up in Moscow? The one place he knows he isn't safe?!

Edit:
2:24pm
Wagner's media is also claiming they both died.

OldWoodFrame ,

He has been flying around Russia quite a bit since the coup, clearly he thought he was safe.

Heresy_generator , (edited ) to news in Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash
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feared dead

LMAO. What? Y'all mean "hoped dead"?

MxM111 ,

Alternative Putin’s account detected.

HuddaBudda ,
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Feared in the sense that we don't know. All this new information is coming from Russian State Media. Which is the equivalent of being informed of climate change on Fox News.

Even more bizarre, he was seen in Africa seemingly advertising his unit for the conflict developing in the region.

So how did he suddenly end up in Moscow? The place he had to negotiate to flee from only 2 months ago?

happybadger , to worldnews in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
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I’m shocked they waited so long. RIPpin’ this vape because you’re dead lol

vegetarian_pacemaker , to news in Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash

themoscowtimes.com/…/plane-reportedly-carrying-ye…

Independent journalist Andrei Zakharov, citing an unnamed source, said Prigozhin on Wednesday was returning to Russia from a trip in Africa, where Wagner mercenaries have operated for years and where Prigozhin was recently filmed for a recruitment video.

“It would be a miracle if he’s on another plane,” the source said.>

northendtrooper , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
Ertebolle , to news in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

Feels like Putin's lost a step, this should have been a much more interesting / inexplicable death; crushed by a herd of elephants or some such.

DrWeevilJammer ,
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crushed by a herd of elephants

OG Hannibal style

SacredHeartAttack , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
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KGB gonna KGB

notannpc , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

I am absolutely shocked. Who could have possibly seen this coming?!

/s

JoMiran , to world in Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
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Am I the only one that thinks he staged his own death?

LilPappyWigwam ,

Wouldn’t be his first rodeo

livus ,
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No, I think it's an oddly corpse-less death too.

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