pips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square436fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down115cross-posted to: shockingnews@lemmy.worldstatecraft@lemmy.cafenews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipanime_titties@mlem.a-smol-cat.frnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1external-linkWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukpips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square436fedilinkcross-posted to: shockingnews@lemmy.worldstatecraft@lemmy.cafenews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipanime_titties@mlem.a-smol-cat.frnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.world
minus-squareDurotar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up206arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoHis plane has crashed and he’s on the passenger list, but it’s not proven yet that he was on the plane. He’s the person, who faked his death in the past.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt seems like oddly coincidental timing that Russia also officially relieved Surovikin as head of the airforce today (he still hasn’t been seen since the mutiny): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/russia-removes-sergei-surovikin-as-head-of-aerospace-forces Not saying he’s definitely dead, but I doubt this is him faking his own death so much as him slipping an assassination attempt if he’s alive.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoAh yes. The general who the Kremlin said was “resting.” Nothing ominous about that.
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoAgreed, coordinated take down of Prigozhin and his allies.
minus-squarenkat2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down13·1 year agoImagine blowing up a $5M Embraer just to fake his own death - and kill others in the process. I’m sure Putin’s chef had money lying around, but burning all that cash sounds a little desperate to me.
minus-squareProject_Straylight@lemmy.villa-straylight.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoRaise hands if you’d rather die for realsies to save $5M in expenses
His plane has crashed and he’s on the passenger list, but it’s not proven yet that he was on the plane. He’s the person, who faked his death in the past.
It seems like oddly coincidental timing that Russia also officially relieved Surovikin as head of the airforce today (he still hasn’t been seen since the mutiny): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/russia-removes-sergei-surovikin-as-head-of-aerospace-forces
Not saying he’s definitely dead, but I doubt this is him faking his own death so much as him slipping an assassination attempt if he’s alive.
Ah yes. The general who the Kremlin said was “resting.” Nothing ominous about that.
Death is the ultimate rest
Agreed, coordinated take down of Prigozhin and his allies.
Imagine blowing up a $5M Embraer just to fake his own death - and kill others in the process.
I’m sure Putin’s chef had money lying around, but burning all that cash sounds a little desperate to me.
Raise hands if you’d rather die for realsies to save $5M in expenses
That’s not what I said.