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Yevgeny Prigozhin apparently killed in a fatal place crash

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Dinahmo Wed 23-Aug-23 19:37:47

Some interesting news just in. The leader of the Wagner Group of mercenaries is listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed killing all on board.

A few thoughts come to mind:

Perhaps Putin arranged to have the plane sabotaged?
How much difference, if any will this make to the war in
Ukraine and the surrounding states?

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 23-Aug-23 19:45:12

Quelle surprise!

Cherrytree59 Wed 23-Aug-23 19:47:59

Not confirmed he was actually on plane, just on passenger list .

Calendargirl Wed 23-Aug-23 19:49:06

hmm

GrannyGravy13 Wed 23-Aug-23 19:58:51

I am surprised anyone is surprised 🙀

As Cherryttee59 has posted his name being on the passenger list of a private plane is no guarantee that he was onboard.

Marydoll Wed 23-Aug-23 20:00:16

My husband has suggested that they couldn't find a skyscraper with an open window.
The usual modus operandi. wink

ixion Wed 23-Aug-23 20:03:09

It was always going to be a case of
🎶Fifty ways to leave kill your lover enemy🎶

Silvergirl Wed 23-Aug-23 20:26:50

I’m surprised it took two months!

MerylStreep Wed 23-Aug-23 20:39:47

Silvergirl

I’m surprised it took two months!

It might have looked a bit obvious if they’d killed him sooner 😂

Marydoll Wed 23-Aug-23 20:40:55

Could this be fake news and he is languising in a gulag somewhere? wink

MerylStreep Wed 23-Aug-23 20:45:02

Marydoll

Could this be fake news and he is languising in a gulag somewhere? wink

My first thought 😉

Iam64 Wed 23-Aug-23 20:54:46

It’s so scary, predictable yes but still chilling. A gangster state run by a psychopath

M0nica Wed 23-Aug-23 20:58:38

I doubt it is fake news, enemies are best dead, not hovering in the wings somewhere. That is why Putin has made several attempts to kill the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, before finally locking up and keeping him there with a succession of show trials on trumped up charges.

Prigozhin, was a far greater danger to Putin than Navalny because Prigozhin was a thuggish brute who would stop at nothing, where Navalny is a man of principle.

Tizliz Wed 23-Aug-23 21:06:50

Marydoll

My husband has suggested that they couldn't find a skyscraper with an open window.
The usual modus operandi. wink

Yes, there have been quite a few accidents like that

Callistemon21 Wed 23-Aug-23 21:25:32

And poisonings in the UK

Wenmore Wed 23-Aug-23 21:50:32

It's just as likely that Prigozhin has 'arranged' his own death/disappearance as it is he's been murdered.

Visgir1 Wed 23-Aug-23 22:06:00

No one is surprised, makes a change from a window or balcony.
Shame about the crew though.

Kandinsky Wed 23-Aug-23 22:26:08

Better than being poisoned in a hotel I suppose - quicker anyway.

Wyllow3 Wed 23-Aug-23 22:40:38

Wenmore

It's just as likely that Prigozhin has 'arranged' his own death/disappearance as it is he's been murdered.

Possible in order to keep him useful

but for Putin to save face - his troops place a role in a a number of particularly nasty conflicts in Africa, useful to Putin?

Mostly I think its quell surprise tho.

Parsley3 Thu 24-Aug-23 10:44:19

I have just heard on the news of Prigozhin's path to power. Criminal -hot dog salesman- restaurant owner- leader of Wagner group.
What an extraordinary career progression.

Katie59 Thu 24-Aug-23 11:24:17

Prigozhin’s usefulness had expired, he was useful creating mayhem supporting Russias allies in Africa, where he was deniable, close to home he became a liability.

I doubt he staged his own death, he’s too well known and would always be under threat, Putin has a good record of terminating his enemies and doesn’t care much where he does it.

MaizieD Thu 24-Aug-23 11:38:47

I doubt he staged his own death, he’s too well known and would always be under threat,

A bit of plastic surgery, maybe?

Dinahmo Thu 24-Aug-23 12:19:16

Or one of those masks as often worn by Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible films.

Witzend Thu 24-Aug-23 12:44:48

Is anyone surprised?
I do wonder whether it was just his name on the passenger list though, and he’s hidden elsewhere. He’d obviously have known that Putin would be arranging to have him
eliminated - and to hell with any innocent parties on that plane, like the poor crew.

MaizieD Thu 24-Aug-23 12:47:31

I can't think what possible reason he could have had for flying to Moscow. He must surely know/have known that Putin would be out to get him...