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TexasTowelie

(127,350 posts)
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 05:48 PM Aug 2023

Prigozhin is murdered. Russia on the edge of civil war. - The Russian Dude



PRIGOZHIN IS MURDERED. Russia on the EDGE OF CIVIL WAR. - The Russian Dude - 4:38

Evgeny Prigozhin's plane has been reportedly intercepted and it crashed. Prigozhin was on the list of 10 passengers along with his right hand Dmitry Utkin, the commander of Wagner. None survived. And the biggest assumption, that the plane was intercepted by a Russian Air Defense System. So, most likely, Prigozhin was murdered. This made Wagner followers to be very angry. They blame Putin and the government of Russia. They want revenge. Russia is on the edge of Civil War.
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Prigozhin is murdered. Russia on the edge of civil war. - The Russian Dude (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2023 OP
One would think Putin planned for any blowback TheRealNorth Aug 2023 #1
Well, a coup d'etat perhaps? Go to bed with Putin, wake Hortensis Aug 2023 #2
Yeah, meet the new boss Wednesdays Aug 2023 #3
The new guy gets two letters GreenWave Aug 2023 #4
Part of the plane riddled with holes Warpy Aug 2023 #5

TheRealNorth

(9,647 posts)
1. One would think Putin planned for any blowback
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 05:51 PM
Aug 2023

Although who knows if he planned well, given how badly they managed the start of the 2022 Ukraine invasion.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. Well, a coup d'etat perhaps? Go to bed with Putin, wake
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 06:08 PM
Aug 2023

with another leader, have breakfast, go to work? Learn later that a couple of oligarchs and a few generals have disappeared. Hear about some minor civil uprisings in a few areas across several time zones to the east, quashed by the military.

Biggest issue with perhaps some of the Federation states maybe breaking away? The new leadership would consider that rebellion to put down, while most heard the way we do -- via media.

GreenWave

(12,641 posts)
4. The new guy gets two letters
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 06:54 PM
Aug 2023

Only open letter 1 when all hell breaks loose.

Letter 1: Blame everything bad on last guy. Do not open letter 2 until all hell breaks loose again.

Letter 2: Prepare same two letters for the next guy.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
5. Part of the plane riddled with holes
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 07:16 PM
Aug 2023

That's how the Buk missiles work.

Looks like that dude got whacked.

Putin has always had a weird fascination with the number "2," maybe scarred by a Sesame Street episode or something. He had wanted to invade Ukraine on 2-22-22 but Xi convinced him to wait 2 days until the Olympics were over.

If by some miracle he was not on that particular plane (I think he's got at leat 4), things are going to get interesting, quickly.

Stranger things have happened, so far they admit to finding only 8 bodies in that crash.

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