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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 85 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is tragic accident. Sometimes airplane explode in sky, such is life in Russia.

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    • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Who could have seen this coming?

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    • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Shame, he had one chance to do something great and he threw it away. Straight to hell for his war crimes, good riddance

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Ehh… “He had one chance to do something great” almost makes it sound a bit positive. It wouldn’t have come close to making up for the complete shit stain he left on human history.

    Good riddance indeed.

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    • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's interesting how the BBC claims that Prigozhin was the sole founder of Wagner. Most news services don't acknowledge Dmitry Utkin at all these days.

    And good news, he was listed on the passenger manifest as well. Another dead Nazi is always good news. It's just sad that it took them turning against Putin for it to happen. They should have died years ago instead.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, the Kremlin has finally managed to kill an actual Nazi.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They were pretty good at it back in the days

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not really... Nazis fought to the outskirts of Moscow, and the USSR depended on lend-lease from the Americans to win the war.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Hahaha that's false just look at the number most German died on East front (3millions), it was by far the most deadly and Russia been in war from way longer than USA who came at the end.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I sort of agree with you, but not quite. The Russians sacrificed A LOT of their own people to beat the Nazis. The weather, terrain, and German leadership disagreements had a lot to do with it. That being said, Russia really won the war with the Eastern Front and yes the Americans showed up late.

    The Russians didn’t beat the Nazis because they were particularly good, unfortunately. They had home field advantage, winters were terrible, and Russia was willing to sacrifice anyone necessary to win. They fight differently over there.

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    • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    That headline has changed - originally it said he was "feared" dead. Not sure by who tbh.

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    [–] [B] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane which crashed in Russia, killing all 10 on board.

    Earlier, a Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported that the jet was shot down by air defences in Tver region, north of Moscow.

    Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed forces in June.

    This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.

    Please refresh the page for the fullest version.

    You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.

    The original article contains 114 words, the summary contains 90 words. Saved 21%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

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    • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    I saw this coming. If you aim at the king, you best not miss.

    I don't know what made Prigozhin stop his advance, but he must have accepted that he was a dead man the moment he did.

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    [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    blowing chef kiss

    Wikipedia already updated on Putin's chef.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin

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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    I'm surprised he did not fall out of the plane's window. I hear windows are very dangerous in Russia.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This took a lot longer to happen than I expected. Do Putin's plane next.

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    • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago

    Ooopsies.

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Prigozhin: surprised pikachu

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How possible is it that he has staged his own death?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Tbh, this is what I’m thinking. No way Prigozhin would just go back to Russia without an exit plan. Any sane person knows that accidental death is the only way this would end.

    Why wait for Putin to kill you, if you could just do it yourself?

    Alternatively, it would make sense if this is part of deal he made to call off the coup. Putin promises to fake kill him, Prigozhin promises to stay fake dead.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Whatever was said on the day he was moving towards Moscow is what dictated how this all played out, no question.

    He completely stopped dead in his tracks and walked away like nothing happened. He was either stupid enough to think all was well and Putin would leave him alone or he thought he could move much more freely than he should have been.

    I doubt he was under the complete control of Putin because why waste a missile on a plane when you could toss him out a window or really do whatever you want. He could peel his skin off over the course of months and pay doctors to keep him alive.

    I think Prigo was being tracked by Russian intelligence and they waited for a window to take him out and ensure deniability as per usual.

    We likely wont know for decades.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    shocking

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Time to dust off track #14 of the classic Green Day album "Shenanigans"

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Oh no! Anyway...

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    [–] -2 points 2 years ago

    RIP Prigochad! 😰🥀

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