Posted on 08/23/2023 12:22:27 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.
Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported that the private plane, which belonged to Prigozhin, was shot down by air defences.
It was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, with seven passengers and three crew.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Mechanical problem assumed as when UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold died. African controversy preceded the mysterious plane crash.
https://www.history.com/news/dag-hammarskjold-death-plane-crash
Careful, Icarus.
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Classic Meme pronouncement.
No more “presumed” or “assumed”——when he says that it is all over. Period.
Years ago he was reported dead in the Congo from a plane crash, let’s hope this one takes.
Those Russians play some hard politics.
Moral of the story - if you are going to take a shot at the king, don’t miss. Retaliation is soon to be on the way.
Yes, he humiliated the US Media and CIA with his “attempted coup,” which “failed” the moment he cashed the CIA check. Convenient! CIA feeling revenge-y and high-fiving all around. These people are sick.
Why didn’t MercMan understand this basic principle?
That Putin has been ridding Russia of her corrupt and thieving oligarchs hasn’t seemed to upset the Russian people all that much who saw all their resources stolen by a select few since the fall of the Soviet Union. Also, during a time of war, a trial would have had a detrimental affect, since Wagner forces fought so hard in Bahkmut.
But aside this story, as yet without much discovery of facts, America to criticize any other country on the planet at this point in our history is laughable, and quite hypocritical, don’t you think?
Let’s just take one tiny little factoid out of the hat, for instance? COVID. It was OUR GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH THAT CREATED IT. THAT MURDERED MILLIONS SCROSS THE EARTH. THAT BLOCKED SIMPLE, cheap, effective drugs to treat it, and we killed and maimed millions more with the bullshit vaccines and boosters.
But no, let’s all “slava Ukraine”. Let’s spend another hundred billion dollars in the slaughter of Ukraine. Who knows? Maybe it’s judgement for being the most corrupt sex trafficking country on earth next to us?
Kinda surprised Putin let him live this long ...
If shot Dow by Putin, as some reports claim, a corresponding question SHOULD be asked of Gen Miley or SecDef. Ideally under oath and co erred by MSM. Would an order to shoot down Trump’s plane be considered an illegal order regardless of circumstances or charges on Trump, in contrast with how Russia appears to deal with dissidents. No hemming or declining to answer hypotheticals should be allowed. The only acceptable answer should be a reflexive “that would be considered an illegal order.”
It may have been Putin’s doings but with this: “’Revenge’, commented CIA director William Burns, ‘is a dish Putin prefers served cold’ - or words to that effect,” my money is on a CIA operation.They have a long and sordid reputation for such.
What you have to accept is that there are just lots of accidental deaths of Russian leaders, oligarchs, and military chieftans who oppose Putin.
Most often the accidents are defenestration or falls from helicopters, but entire plane crashes are also known to occur from time to time.
It is a naturally occurring phenomenon in Russia.
Surface to Air bird.
No I don’t think so. Russia is a pure despotical shithole compared to America or to any civilized country.
“The target is destroyed.”
>>We have people defending “Vlad” and Russia as a “Christian” country. They are not.<<
But when you abort 60 million babies you are Christian?
The U.S. has warlords and mercenary armies, too. We just dress them up differently and pretend they’re something else.
The events of Jan6 are a good example.
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