Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash

FT ^ | 08/23/2023 | Max Seddon

[JSM_Liberty]

A plane carrying notorious warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner group launched a failed coup against president Vladimir Putin in June, has crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg.

All 10 people on the plane, including three crew members, died in the crash, Russia’s emergency ministry said, according to state newswire RIA Novosti.

Russian officials said a man with Prigozhin’s name was among the passengers, without elaborating further.

[Wallace T.]

If we killed Prigozhin within Russian territory, then Putin has a serious subversion problem.

[Williams]

What an idiot he was.

[MalPearce]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

Yup, by the looks of things Russia shot his plane down.

Now let’s all tune into Rossyia 1 and run a book on how many different narratives they manage to get through in the same program before finally deciding that the Ukrainians or NATO did it.

[dfwgator]

“Who’s Killing The Great Chefs of Europe”

Or in Obama's case "Who's Killing The Great Chefs of Martha's Vineyard"

[ifinnegan]

Why isn’t Poutine in South Africa with his communist cronies?

Why is he attending online, not in person?

[Chode]

OK... who had 8/23/2023???

[ifinnegan]

In case no one’s said it yet,

that’s a shame.

[Vigilanteman]

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto suffered the same fate. It was just a coincidence.

[Cold Heart]

I see a pattern developing

[null and void]

Hell of a thing to see when you are out gardening.

[dfwgator]

My tears fell like rain.

[Timber Rattler]

Was General Armageddon on board too?

[Rennes Templar]

Confucius say, “He who attempts coup on Putin should not fly”.

[Uncle Miltie]

Whoda thunk it?

Faster than polonium, I suppose.

[EEGator]

It’s the inevitable outcome to thousands of lies and partial truths...

[dfwgator]

Did he have the steak or the fish?

[mware]

Putin is sure to do a DNA test on remains just to make sure.

[ifinnegan]

Putin sure isn’t flying.

His axis partners are all in South Africa, but he’s attending the meeting remotely.

[xp38]

I wonder if Yevgeny had a cold?

[chuckee]

You know you’re in trouble when both leaders, who are at war with each other, want you dead. They’re celebrating in the Kremlin and Kiev.