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pips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

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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.
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    Never discount that a deal was reached and this was their way or his way of going in retirement with a new identity - faked death.

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      i thought a similar thing but it looks like they’re also cracking down on people sympathetic to Wagner

      https://archive.ph/1l7tY

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      or putin could just kill him which would be a safer move on putins part

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      The simplest explanation is usually the right one though.

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      What about the others on the plane, crisis actors?

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        collateral damage.

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      What’s in it for Putin? Why would he be giving favors like that to someone who turned his troops against Moscow? He made Putin look like a fool.

      So, why would he be giving him favors?

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