Isn't that convenient!!!

[Ike Bana]

The chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash, Russian state media reported Wednesday.

[donquixote99]

And so unexpected! I congratulate the FSB, there are clearly centers of competence still in the organization. Will shed no tears for the warlord.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

The chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash, Russian state media reported Wednesday.

Bet it didn't cost them over $10M, like it did for Litvinenko.......




https://www.theage.com.au/world/polo...18-ge3tna.html


"British detectives believe the radioactive substance used to kill former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko cost in excess of $US10 million ($A12.8 million), The Times reported in an early edition of its Monday paper."

[Ike Bana]

That Putin whips up the tastiest polonium 210 smoothie in all of the former eastern bloc.

[Oerets]

Expected, sooner then I thought it would be.

I was hoping he was smarter then the average bear and would be around for awhile.

[finnbow]

I read that it involved a dispute over who in Russia would get to run their Africa rackets, Wagner or the GRU. The GRU seems to have won the argument (with Putin's backing).

[Human]

He died in an 'accident'? Who would have ever expected that?

[Ike Bana]

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called Prigozhin's apparent death a "demonstrative elimination" and a signal from Putin to Russian elites against disloyalty ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.

The National Resistance Center of Ukraine reported that convoys of Wagner personnel and vehicles were seen leaving their bases in Belarus and heading towards the Russian border, with the Belarusian Special Operations Forces attempting to intercept them.

[donquixote99]

The last report suggests a vengeance mission. Wonder if it's real?

[Oerets]

More like going to a funeral.

Theirs....