Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash
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The Russian private military company boss was on the passenger list of the jet which came down near Moscow.
  • rynzcycle@kbin.social
    15·
    1 year ago

    Ok, I’ll do it…
    He’s alive and well and this is a bit of theatre agreed upon between Putler and him to save face in all directions.*

    *This is a conspiracy theory and not at all based on facts, don’t quote me or take it too seriously

    • kembik@lemm.ee
      8·
      1 year ago

      A plane crash can make it easier to claim an alive man is dead as there may not be a body.

      I could see this as a means to keep Wagner troops loyalties in check, or just to keep everyone guessing. The most likely scenario though is that Putin did what Putin does which is assassination.

      • heartlessevil@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The body doesn’t magically disappear. Although it is probably in many, many pieces, this can be confirmed through DNA testing on small samples.

        • Mangosniper@feddit.de
          3·
          1 year ago

          DNA testing that Russian investigators will do in Russia. And as we all know, they are trustworthy as fuck

          • heartlessevil@lemmy.oneEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Wouldn’t they want to do that to show off their work? Or I guess not so they can distance themselves from it and pretend it never happened.

    • Storksforlegs@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I think its equally likely he was shot down/plane sabotaged, this is fake face saving thing, or the plane crashed due to shoddy mechanics. Whatever the case, the uncertainty works out in Putin’s favour.

      And if this is a fake-out, I think it’ll be found out pretty easily. He is not so adept at disguises.

  • Ertebolle@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • newtraditionalists@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    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

    • 2ndtryagain@beehaw.org
      5·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Dankenstein@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority has said.

    Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow.

    The jet, which was flying from the capital to St Petersburg, was carrying seven passengers and three crew.

    They probably don’t mind losing the crew and Piggy might have been the target (assuming this was intentional) but who else got disappeared along with him?

    • abbadon420@lemm.ee
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I don’t think those were some random farmers who shared a private plane with the boss of Wagner

      • Dankenstein@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        So, at the very least, our two good ol’ boys bite the dust at the expense of three crew members and five, could be, random others or support staff.

        Seems a little expensive but it isn’t like the Ruskies haven’t had AA targeting issues before, makes it a believable (read: completely bullshit) excuse.

  • Leonard Kelley@beehaw.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    This is ONLY the 677th time I’ve seen this posted in the last two days…Can someone do me a favor and post it 349 more times just so we’ve all seen it more than a couple of times.

    Thanks.

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    1 year ago

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