▲ 85 ▼ Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia (ABC News YouTube link) (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago* by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] robocall@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lesson: If you're going to create an insurrection against Putin, you better not miss. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did absolutely call it. I still don't understand why he surrendered, any more than I understood it then. Even a normal leader isn't going to take kindly to that shit, let alone Putin? You win or no one ever finds what's left of you, and there is no other option. He was far too smart not to see that was the bet he was making, but he just...turned around and went home anyway? It was bizarre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluerendar@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, absolutely bizarre that he made it out to Belarus with a sympathetic Lushenko, reportedly to Africa with Wagner having overthrown governments there, then returned to Russia ?!? I do wonder if Putin guaranteed something - then Shoigu and Gerasimov finished him off, with or without Putin turning a blind eye. Surovikin did get removed relatively recently too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anon@artemis.camp 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is also the possibility that his family was being threatened if he didn’t end the march to Moscow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago And this isn't something he considered in advance? permalink fedilink source parent [–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kudos to them? Psh, fuck him and Russia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did absolutely call it. I still don't understand why he surrendered, any more than I understood it then. Even a normal leader isn't going to take kindly to that shit, let alone Putin? You win or no one ever finds what's left of you, and there is no other option. He was far too smart not to see that was the bet he was making, but he just...turned around and went home anyway? It was bizarre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluerendar@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, absolutely bizarre that he made it out to Belarus with a sympathetic Lushenko, reportedly to Africa with Wagner having overthrown governments there, then returned to Russia ?!? I do wonder if Putin guaranteed something - then Shoigu and Gerasimov finished him off, with or without Putin turning a blind eye. Surovikin did get removed relatively recently too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anon@artemis.camp 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is also the possibility that his family was being threatened if he didn’t end the march to Moscow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago And this isn't something he considered in advance? permalink fedilink source parent [–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kudos to them? Psh, fuck him and Russia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did absolutely call it. I still don't understand why he surrendered, any more than I understood it then. Even a normal leader isn't going to take kindly to that shit, let alone Putin? You win or no one ever finds what's left of you, and there is no other option. He was far too smart not to see that was the bet he was making, but he just...turned around and went home anyway? It was bizarre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluerendar@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, absolutely bizarre that he made it out to Belarus with a sympathetic Lushenko, reportedly to Africa with Wagner having overthrown governments there, then returned to Russia ?!? I do wonder if Putin guaranteed something - then Shoigu and Gerasimov finished him off, with or without Putin turning a blind eye. Surovikin did get removed relatively recently too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anon@artemis.camp 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is also the possibility that his family was being threatened if he didn’t end the march to Moscow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago And this isn't something he considered in advance? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluerendar@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, absolutely bizarre that he made it out to Belarus with a sympathetic Lushenko, reportedly to Africa with Wagner having overthrown governments there, then returned to Russia ?!? I do wonder if Putin guaranteed something - then Shoigu and Gerasimov finished him off, with or without Putin turning a blind eye. Surovikin did get removed relatively recently too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anon@artemis.camp 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is also the possibility that his family was being threatened if he didn’t end the march to Moscow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago And this isn't something he considered in advance? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anon@artemis.camp 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is also the possibility that his family was being threatened if he didn’t end the march to Moscow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago And this isn't something he considered in advance? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trihilis@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago And this isn't something he considered in advance? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kudos to them? Psh, fuck him and Russia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent