Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin
"I'm very sorry I shot his plane down to assassinate him. I probably wouldn't do it again. Maybe."
But did Putin send them a bill for the surface to air missile?
It was actually a trade. Two missiles for Prigozhin's share in African mining operations. (Those missiles are expensive, btw.)
Plus you save on reglazing one or more windows.
Well it would be hard to assassinate him twice
"I had known Prigozhin for a very long time, since the start of the 90s. He was a man with a difficult fate, and he made serious mistakes in life."
“IDC how long I’ve known you, cross me and you get a missile up your bum.”
What did this Wagner guy expect?? He did a half assed rebellion against Putin lmao
It's ego...
Sure, this guy fucks over everyone else, but he wouldn't dare do that to me, I'm special!
Same reason people don't expect trump to turn on them. Rational people don't do it to begin with, so the ones willing to usually aren't the best at critical thinking or risk assessment
"Hardly knew the guy. I think he used to deliver the coffee."
Well that is two less missiles that will directed at Ukraine now.
five more to go!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
MOSCOW, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader's plane crashed with no survivors two months after he led a mutiny against army chiefs.
Two U.S. officials told Reuters that Washington believed a surface-to-air missile originating from inside Russia likely shot down the plane, though they said the information was preliminary and under review.
Prigozhin, 62, was head of the Wagner mercenary group and a self-declared enemy of the army top brass over what he said was its incompetent prosecution of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Putin earlier made a virtual statement to a summit of the BRICS nations in South Africa which his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was attending.
The Baza news outlet, which has good sources among law enforcement agencies, reported that investigators were focusing on a theory that one or two bombs may have been planted on board.
The mercenary leader also spent months criticising the conduct of Russia's war in Ukraine - which Moscow calls a "special military operation" - and had tried to topple Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff.
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Did the dude really think he could just fly through Russia without getting aced? Seems pretty careless.
I'm not totally convinced he's dead.
This looks too staged. You don't get to the top of a merc group like that by making dumb mistakes like this.
Then again, who the fucks knows. Maybe you do in Russia.
I'm 50/50 on him being killed vs being allowed to fake his death
Either way, it gives Wagner a "reason" to go after Russia again.
This was my first thought.
Best way to stay alive is to cross a land border, get on another plane under an assumed identity, and go as far away as possible, letting your real name pretend to take flights until a plane goes down and you're never found.
Russia has a history of following dissidents to other countries and assassinating them. The only way to avoid that fate would be for Putin to already think you're dead.
Well, his plane was already "shot down" a few years ago, so who knows...
What is sad is that 10 other people were on that plane. Not a good idea to fly on a plane containing anyone outspoken against the kremlin.
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