pips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square461fedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down18cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipUkraine_UA@kbin.socialnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.world
arrow-up1680arrow-down1external-linkWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukpips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square461fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipUkraine_UA@kbin.socialnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.world
minus-squareDurotar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up80·edit-22 years 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-up26arrow-down1·edit-22 years 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-up18·2 years agoAh yes. The general who the Kremlin said was “resting.” Nothing ominous about that.
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoAgreed, coordinated take down of Prigozhin and his allies.
minus-squarenkat2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·2 years 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-up18·2 years 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.
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.