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Posted on 08/23/2025 4:08:35 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The Russian warlord and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin looked “doomed” after his failed mutiny and told his mother he expected to die in the days before his private plane crash.
Prigozhin, the founder of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, died when his business jet went down in the summer of 2023, two months after his fighters briefly seized control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and advanced towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion against Russia’s military leadership.
“When I last saw him, he looked doomed,” said Violetta Prigozhina, 85, in an interview with the Russian outlet Fontanka, recalling the last meeting she had with her son one week before the deadly crash.
Asked if he foresaw his death, she replied: “Of course.”
Prigozhina, in the first interview by a close relative of the late Wagner leader, said the authorities had still not told her what happened to her son.
Western intelligence agencies believe Prigozhin was probably killed by an onboard explosion on Vladimir Putin’s orders as retribution for his mutiny.
Prigozhina, who runs a gallery exhibiting pro-war art, said she had tried to dissuade her son from marching on Moscow, warning that he overestimated the extent of his support.
“When we saw each other before the march, I told him: ‘Zhenya, only people on the internet will support you. No one will go with you. People aren’t like that now. No one will come out to the square.’”
Prigozhina said her son replied: “No, they will support me.”
Prigozhin’s short-lived rebellion, launched with several hundred of his most loyal fighters, was preceded by weeks of escalating tension with Russia’s defence ministry and top commanders, whom he accused of corruption.
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I really don’t think this guy’s plane crash was intentional murder, I mean after all mechanical things fail all the time and what goes up must go down.
The same applies to people falling out of tall buildings. Many get to drunk, get to close to the 20th story railings and just flop over and go down.
And then there are those that accidentally consume poisons. It happens all the time.
Just because people die in situations like this does not mean they were disliked by their favorite dictator.
It is early yet, but you are frontrunner for today’s Baghdad Bob trophy
“It is early yet, but you are frontrunner for today’s Baghdad Bob trophy”
Thanks. It’s rare I laugh out loud at a post. I was going to respond to the poster, but what’s the point? And it’s possible he was being sarcastic. But sarcasm and often humor don’t translate well to the written word.
Or the ones who fall down an elevator shaft ... onto a bunch of bullets.
I took the post as sarcasm myself.
I hope I win, such a prestigious award would certainly be put on the fireplace mantel for all to see and admire.
When you take a shot at the King, you’d better kill him. He did. He didn’t. He died.
You mean a person cannot commit suicide by two shots to the back of the head? //sarc
Crash?
Oh yes, it crashed.
After it blew up in mid-air - there were photos published that made that very clear.
It isn’t even arguable that Putin took a dislike to the guy for trying to oppose him.
The Good News: we all meet Jesus, the God of Justice and Mercy.
Your choices.
And the spontaneous poisonings.
And the fact that Putin loves those North Koreans, well known as they are for assassination by poison....and the Iranians, known for assassinating expats.
And Putin said Prigozhin was on drugs, so he probably just pulled the pin by mistake!
I think the Clinton list wound up close to 50 people. If so, Putin has a lot of catching up to do.
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