OT: Wagner Chief Prigozhin Believed Dead in Completely Accidental and Non-Suspicious Plane Crash
Multiple outlets reporting Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a small plane with 7 passengers and 3 crew that crashed while en route to Moscow from St. Petersburg. LINK
It's believed the plane may have slipped and fallen out of a window on a high floor.
Check the wagers you made when the "Wagner Group Rebellion" occurred June 23-24. If you had "he survives 60 days or fewer" you still cover. I took the early line at 30 days and bet the under so I'm out $100.
August 23rd, 2023 at 1:51 PM ^
Yeah just saw this. Total coincidence, not suspicious at all I'm sure.
August 23rd, 2023 at 1:59 PM ^
You can see it was shot down in this video
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:03 PM ^
It was a bad sign when the flight attendant said "fasten your seat belts, tables stowed, chairs in their upright position, and if you come at the king, you best not miss."
Ominous sign no. 2: onboard refreshment was a bowl of oranges.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:03 PM ^
The polonium cocktails were a dead giveaway.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:26 PM ^
if you come at the king, you best not miss
I figured that was a quote from either Shakespeare or Avon Barksdale. I was close, it’s from Omar. It’s been too long since I last binged the Wire.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:28 PM ^
When you play the game of Thrones, you either win or you die.
August 23rd, 2023 at 5:23 PM ^
Here, have a cannoli.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:31 PM ^
Please help my 31 year old eyes and ears decipher at what point in the video it was apparently shot at? Not being facetious at all. I genuinely want to understand this video.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:38 PM ^
There appears to be a rocket plume at the start of the video. Probably started recording when she heard the explosion. Unlikely you'd be able to find the plane in time to record if it were a mechanical failure. That said, this video is unconfirmed last I saw.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:52 PM ^
I watched the video but there doesn't seem to be anything to verify its authenticity, as far as where and when it was recorded, or what is actually crashing. It almost looks like a helicopter as it's falling, and not a plane.
I'm not denying the possibility of foul play, but I need more evidence than a grainy internet video purporting to be real without any actual proof.
Edit: video seems to be widely accepted as genuine in the media, so props for posting it here first Mgrowold
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:44 PM ^
CNN is posting this pic of the crash site. Sure looks an awful lot like the area shown in the video I posted.
August 23rd, 2023 at 4:50 PM ^
In your video, there was an explosion and black plume after it hits the ground. In this photo there is no fire damage.
Assuming the photo is authentic and verifiable, I think is further proof that the video might not be actual evidence.
August 23rd, 2023 at 4:21 PM ^
To translate the gist of the audio:
"Damn, I told Igor not to play with my rocket launcher. No borscht for him tonight. "
August 23rd, 2023 at 5:07 PM ^
One thing for sure, the NTSB will be nowhere near the investigation even it is an Embraer Jet. So I have to rely on my watching of every air disasters episodes at least 4 times.
My take, the jet was shot down or bombed by someone. It was unrecoverable before the video even starts. The explosion plume above the plane is a dead give away.
August 23rd, 2023 at 6:20 PM ^
The video starts so late in the event it seems possible that it missed the rocket (if there was one). So there may have been a rocket but it seems just as likely there was a bomb on the plane.
August 24th, 2023 at 7:16 AM ^
So the way it was falling indicates one of the wings was either blown off or fell off. Could be explosives on board. Could easily be an anti-aircraft round. One thing is pretty clear: a wing flew off and it fell straight to the ground
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:57 PM ^
I'm not an aeronautical engineer, but falling out of the sky, missing a wing, is probably not indicative of "pilot error."
August 23rd, 2023 at 4:07 PM ^
Or even more likely a bomb.
August 23rd, 2023 at 4:43 PM ^
In Putin's Russia, airline flight cancels you.
August 23rd, 2023 at 1:51 PM ^
I haven't seen Vlad posting here today fwiw
August 23rd, 2023 at 5:54 PM ^
He’s lobbying Warde today to try to get The Game moved to Red Square. Psycho
August 23rd, 2023 at 1:54 PM ^
has anyone seen our good friend Hotel Putingrad lately?
August 23rd, 2023 at 1:58 PM ^
Vegas was monetarily exposed - there were a disproportionate amount of "over 60 days" bets.
It's most definitely Vegas that is behind this completely accidental and non-suspicious plane crash.
August 23rd, 2023 at 1:59 PM ^
I haven't seen a Wagner ankle breaker like that since East Lansing 2018!
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Back then it was Wagner doing the ankle-breaking. This appears to be the other way around.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:00 PM ^
What a surprise.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:02 PM ^
Ah, Authoritarianism. Refreshing in its simplicity.
August 23rd, 2023 at 5:01 PM ^
I find it very odd that people +1 this picture.
The guy is a murderous psychopath
August 23rd, 2023 at 5:21 PM ^
He may be a murderous psychopath, but his tinder profile picture suggests he's an approachable, fun-loving and mischievous murderous psychopath.
August 24th, 2023 at 10:35 AM ^
I mean one murderous psychopath just killed another murderous psychopath.
Oh well.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:03 PM ^
He always reminded me of Ehrmantraut
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:26 PM ^
This...... you don't think Yevgeny Prigozhin didn't expect Vlad to shoot his plane down, do you?
He had Jonathan Banks board the plane, as a stunt double.....
you gotta be a little more intune with international espionage to stay a step ahead of everyone else.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:34 PM ^
Little known that he also operated as Dr. Pol, a veterinarian near Mt. Pleasant.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Pity. He would have made a great James Bond villain.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:04 PM ^
Putin is like an elephant, he never forgets slights.
Stupid of Prigozhin to think he'd ever be safe anywhere, but especially flying within Russia.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:05 PM ^
Man, what a freak occurrence. Can't be too careful flying anymore.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:08 PM ^
"In America you can always find a party. In Russia, party always finds you."
Yakov Smirnoff
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:10 PM ^
I'm shocked.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:11 PM ^
I really don't understand why he called off the march to Moscow. I assume if he did that, there had to be something he'd get out of it. But I guess not.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:23 PM ^
My assumption was that it was a “you and your family get to live” deal.
Dude isn’t famous for being smart. He’s famous for being ruthless. Likewise, he was the head of Wagner BECAUSE of Putin, not IN OPPOSITION of Putin.
But…like…when has Putin ever honored a deal when it would be simpler to just murder someone? He hasn’t kept a single promise he’s ever made.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:30 PM ^
The General he had lined up to take over the Russian Command got sniffed out and the plan failed. The Wagner would have rolled up to Moscow with nothing more than the one column they had against the entire Russian military. It was failed before it even got going because it was sniffed out.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:12 PM ^
Don't cross Pooty!
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:17 PM ^
To all you doubters, it apparently was an accident.
There is video available showing it flew into Santa's new sleigh while the elves were taking it out for a shake-down flight.
No elves were hurt.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:21 PM ^
I think the plane was actually given a polonium cocktail
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:24 PM ^
Russia would never shoot down a passenger plane.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:28 PM ^
What a totally shocking turn of events.
August 23rd, 2023 at 2:29 PM ^
I guess he never made it Africa.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:17 PM ^
He would have liked to have seen Montana.
August 23rd, 2023 at 3:35 PM ^
I have this gif in my File Manager. Of course, I cannot delete it, because HUEL and Drupal, so I wait patiently for just such an occasion to use it.