• diffuselight@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People seem awfully quick to accept the narrative - it seems to me this would be the easiest way for him to disappear on his own terms.

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I think the key thing is that there isn’t really a compelling reason why Russia would want to take his death. And if prigozhin has actually just faked his death to go retire on an island somewhere, the result for the rest of the world is practically the same

      • ineedaunion @lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Putin wanting him dead isn’t a good enough reason? Putin has done everything so far for ego alone.

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        1 year ago

        Russia could have reason to fake his death, but that would be only to facilitate them killing him in a more gruesome way.

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        1 year ago

        Until he gets pulled out of retirement for one final stand. This is like the type of shit you’d see in a movie, it practically writes itself. Reality is stranger than fiction lol

        I still think he’s dead for real though.

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      1 year ago

      How is a plane crash the “easiest way”? And why on earth would Putin do him the favor of providing a new identity? What does Putin gain from that?

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        1 year ago

        no remain identifiable, etc. Putin doesn’t gain anything, but the dude presumably knows he was on the kill list so disappearing would be in his interest