Actually, this shouldn't be all that surprising, if that "revolt" was actually a revolt. A PMC's willingness to openly go turncoat is not a good thing. But like everything else when it comes to news in that region, it's so untrustworthy that I have to question if it's even real as my default view.
I'll wait to see if there's confirmation of a body
Of there's no confirmation of a body and Wagner aren't kicking up a fuss, this could be a way that Putin got him to escape from the spotlight with all his money.
Actually, this shouldn't be all that surprising, if that "revolt" was actually a revolt. A PMC's willingness to openly go turncoat is not a good thing. But like everything else when it comes to news in that region, it's so untrustworthy that I have to question if it's even real as my default view.
I'll wait to see if there's confirmation of a body
Of there's no confirmation of a body and Wagner aren't kicking up a fuss, this could be a way that Putin got him to escape from the spotlight with all his money.
LiveLeak on telegram has alleged footage of the wreck, including corpses but none are identifiable.
Honestly though, political assassination has been the game in Russia for the last 100 years at least.
I have bad news for you: princess Anastasia did not escape and died with the rest of the Romanovs.
Not in my headcanon 😏
He got the CIA bag and Putin does him a favor to help fake his death. Living the wildest life imagineable.
You really think if they went through all this work to fake this they wouldn't include a body that passes as him? c'mon.
As everyone else has already said...way too many unknowns at this point to really say much one way or another.
Chatter from inside the swamp this afternoon is that locals on the ground heard two reports and saw two vapor trails, so yeah probably shot down.
Some of the footage of the plane falling shows two possible trails as well, but I'm certainly not expert to tell.
I did see one other report that a stewardess on the flight was complaining about unusual repairs.
As others have said, hard to know what's true yet.
The more interesting thing to watch is the remnants of his army that are currently in Belarus.
Didn't he "die" in 2019?
In 2019 no one in the west would have known who he was.