A little while ago I heard a comment on one of the foreign public TV shows regarding the fact it appears this plane was shot down by the Russian Military. The commenter, who spoke with an accent, said that Putin does not ordinarily use the Military for extrajudicial murders. That the Russian people will be rather upset if it appears he has done that. Later another foreign commenter said at this time we don’t know if Prigozhin was ON the plane, or if he was alive if he was on the plane, etc.
One comment at this post mentions punctures on the plane that seem to go from outside to inside. An earlier report mentioned one wing was gone as the plane fell. It seems this happened too far into Russia and too high in altitude to have been Ukraine or US causing it. Apparently it was owned by Prigozhin, and there were 7 passengers and 3 crew all dead. Also a second plane was also said to have taken off at the same time and was nearby and going in the same direction, toward St. Petersburg which was Prigozhin’s headquarters. Many details yet to be outlined and answered.
Personally I would not be surprised if Prigo was still alive. They tried to kill Alexandr Dugin and got his daughter insteqad, who?? If shot by Russia Military was it Putin, or Shoigu, or other interested parties?
Wagner has more enemies than Putin and Ukraine. When Wagner had its mutiny they shot down several aircraft and killed 30 airmen. The Russian Army and Air Force have not forgiven that humiliation. Someone is committing a lot of sabotage all over Russia. Military factories are not catching fire solely due to perpetually delayed maintenance. It would no surprise me if members of the Russian military took out Prigozhin and have their leadership support to hide their tracks, or a third party sabotaged the aircraft and tried to make it look like a accident.
Possible slight correction, the planes were both said to be leased by Wagner.
I’ve seen the photos of the puncture holes: Classic pattern / distribution that would be caused by a missile proximity hit.
That plane never had a chance — no countermeasures, and even a S-300 can climb much, much higher than the plane’s maximum altitude. About like me using a 12 ga. shotgun on a sparrow 10 ft. away. (No, I’ve never done that!)
Yes, lots of questions remain.
Hell, maybe it was the pro-Russian separatists who shot it down. After all, they have a track record for doing just that: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
And, like you, I also would not be surprised if Prigo was alive and well somewhere.