UPDATED – Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed in western Russia killing all on board, according to the country’s aviation authority
His name was on the list of those “declared as travelling on board” the plane, along with key Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin
The Russian Emergencies Ministry has said that private aircraft "came down” near the village of Kuzhenkino
Video of the plane coming down and pocs of the crash itself – https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66599774
Two months to the day after the coup attempt. His number was up the second he stopped advancing on Moscow.
Had to know it would happen sooner rather than later.
I’m just surprised the plane was shot in Russian airspace. Putin’s not even trying to hide his assinations anymore.
They don’t hide them, they just deny them despite all the evidence to the contrary. Usually while sneering.
So if I’m the next coup leader I’m absolutely never stopping. If you start the coup either you or Putin will die.
Short term solves some problems, long term risky.
Wow. They shot it down, too, lol. The members of the air defense battery are suddenly going to get their notice to head to the front if they haven’t already.
Zero percent chance the Russian military shot down the plane of a guy who just rebelled against the state accidentally. The order had to come from the top.
Yep, and to cover their tracks, the schlubs who pulled the trigger will be sent to die in some trench in Ukraine
It’s a pretty clear message, which I think most people were just waiting for it to happen.
This will rustle some jimmies.
Seems convenient.
Well, at least it wasn’t a slow painful Polonium or Novichok death.
Surprised it took this long for Pooty Poo to deal with his little problem.
Revenge is a dish served… warm-ish
Relatively quick retribution, no? Will this have any effect though besides confirming that if you cross Putin, you die?
Wagner allied channels are talking of another march on Moscow.
But without a unifying leader? Who knows?
Now that would be interesting. If they started and actually completed the march.
So this is how it ends for Prig.
“Pilot error”
Dammit, I had plutonium tea on my bingo card.
I’m not buying it. Prigozhin lives. Probably hanging out with Tupac and Michael Jackson.
So they get to come down from heaven and help torture him?
He should have stuck with his hot-dog cart.
