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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they sure he didn’t fall out the airplane window?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just said the same thing to my wife!!! 😂

[–] SmolderingSauna@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had anyone actually seen him since the mutiny? Or is this just Russian way to tie up loose ends...

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There was a video of him just yesterday talking about how Wagner is helping to "free" Africa - not sure when it was recorded, right enough.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner paramilitary chief who launched an armed mutiny in June, was on a private jet that crashed in the Tver region near Moscow, killing all 10 onboard, Russian officials have said.

Rosaviatsia, the Russian aviation authority, said Prigozhin was one of the passengers listed in the manifest as being onboard the Embraer business jet that crashed on Wednesday evening.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but Prigozhin’s longstanding feud with the military and the armed uprising he led in June would give the Russian state ample motive for revenge.

Prigozhin, an ally of Vladimir Putin’s who amassed a fortune from state contracts, later went on to establish troll factories and a paramilitary army that became an important extension of Russian power abroad.

But a longstanding conflict with the top brass of the defence ministry only grew worse in Ukraine, where he feuded over ammunition and strategy, claiming his irregular fighters were being sacrificed to protect regular Russian troops.

Where’s the fucking ammo?” he screamed in one social media post, calling out defence minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the general Staff Valery Gerasimov while lobbying for more shells to be delivered to his troops fighting near Bakhmut.


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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We all knew his days were numbered after his failed coup attempt.

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I can't believe that he was okay with just promises from Putin to not harm him.

"If you come at the king, you bet not miss."

With Putin you really want to get the job done. Even hiding is a limited option given how Russia killed people that fled into the UK and Germany.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

what an impressive country, everyone is jealous of that government efficiency in action in Russia today.. that's really something to see, i assure you..

[–] runiq@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Rest in pieces.

[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] mister_monster@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

This is like Epstein, everyone knows what happened.

The guy knew it was coming. We all knew, there's no way he didn't know. I wonder what the fallout is going to be.

[–] Fantomas@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago