Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Prigozhin air crash- suspicious?

102 replies

Theworried2 · 23/08/2023 18:44

Prigozhin is suspected of being on the aircraft that crashed near Moscow today.
He is suspected to have died in it.

surely this seems suspicious and perhaps this was not an accident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash

The Russian private military company boss was on the passenger list of the jet which came down near Moscow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

OP posts:
WeWereInParis · 23/08/2023 20:39

Of course it's suspicious. I'm surprised he lasted this long

megletthesecond · 23/08/2023 20:43

Faked, so he can make a comeback in a few months....... possibly.

Chersfrozenface · 23/08/2023 20:44

Well, if he was on the second plane, he's still got to get away from Moscow.

Stillcantbebothered · 23/08/2023 20:47

Theworried2 · 23/08/2023 18:44

Prigozhin is suspected of being on the aircraft that crashed near Moscow today.
He is suspected to have died in it.

surely this seems suspicious and perhaps this was not an accident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

Safe to say he was Putined

Nat6999 · 23/08/2023 20:52

Putting needs to be careful when he eats his rice krispies tomorrow morning, he will need a longer dining table. Seriously, there will be plenty of Prigozhin supporters who will be looking for a chance of ending Putin.

Amethystanddiamonds · 23/08/2023 20:53

It's suspicious that he managed to avoid high rise buildings for so long, yet didn't have the presence of mind not to get in a helicopter.

Palmasailor · 23/08/2023 21:00

Just watch out for a bald headed girl called Brenda who appears from nowhere and takes over a private army.

word has it she’s a bitch in the sheets.

Thedogscollar · 23/08/2023 21:02

It was only a matter of time tbh.
Putin hates being made to look weak.

Mummyoflittledragon · 23/08/2023 21:04

Nat6999 · 23/08/2023 20:52

Putting needs to be careful when he eats his rice krispies tomorrow morning, he will need a longer dining table. Seriously, there will be plenty of Prigozhin supporters who will be looking for a chance of ending Putin.

Well yes, but isn’t he hyper vigilant? I imagine getting close would be tough.

larkstar · 23/08/2023 21:28

No surprise:totally predictable.

minasmemory · 23/08/2023 21:29

Suspicious? Does the Pope shit in the woods?

ChaToilLeam · 23/08/2023 21:33

Amazed it took so long.

Anyway, no tears to be shed, if indeed he was on that plane. World has one evil fucker fewer in it. Trouble is that there are so many to take his place. And there is still Putin.

ZickZack · 23/08/2023 21:39

Knew straight away who is responsible for this...

Hooferr · 23/08/2023 21:40

megletthesecond · 23/08/2023 20:43

Faked, so he can make a comeback in a few months....... possibly.

I wondered at the time of the attempted coup if the whole thing was a fake designed to look like Putin would quash his enemies.

I doubt we'll ever know.

Welcome to Russia LOL. Remember around the time that we decided what was happening in Ukraine was actually war, there were fools here saying that we needed to let Russians know what was happening .. ? This news today is what news in Russia is like all the time. You have to decode.

savory · 23/08/2023 21:40

Live by the sword die by the sword. Looking like he didn't stick to his part of the bargain after the mutiny and stay out of Russia so Putin offed him.

Cyclingmug · 23/08/2023 21:44

Totalwasteofpaper · 23/08/2023 18:53

My DH predicted this or death in a car "accident"

Just your DH?! 🤣

Eastie77Returns · 23/08/2023 21:45

Maybe he jumped out with a parachute. Now en route to a remote village somewhere (perhaps in one of the African countries where Wagner mercenaries have been deployed to help prop up various dictators).

Or as a PP mentioned, just because his name is on the passenger list it doesn’t follow that he was actually on the plane. He might even have got a lookalike to impersonate him and board the plane😭

savory · 23/08/2023 21:46

There must be a possibility that it's a deep cover assassination by a non-Russian source maybe the Ukrainians with help from the US or others. Unless Russia officially admits it then we will probably never know. Both sides would have reason to cover such a thing up.

PinkCherryBlossoms · 23/08/2023 21:58

Hooferr · 23/08/2023 19:26

I'm confused. I thought we were down to hate all Russians these days but it seems we're now being asked to nothate this one because he fucked Putin off and Putin is worse than anyone in the world ever.

Please tell me how to think.

It sounds like thinking is beyond you.

Amispringy · 23/08/2023 23:14

Oakbeam · 23/08/2023 19:54

I don't know about excessive tbh, there's some logic to taking him and as many of his inner circle out at the same time as you can

Including the flight crew?

A flight crew that chose to work for Wagner

I won't be losing any sleep

PickAChew · 23/08/2023 23:22

Just a random tragic mishap. Couldn't have maybe supposedly happened to a better person 🤔

LunaTheCat · 24/08/2023 00:33

I am hoping that someone from The Wagner Group.. maybe inside Kremlin .., will take appropriate revenge… although Putin will be even more paranoid than usual.

neveradullmoment99 · 24/08/2023 07:14

Not surprised at all!

savory · 24/08/2023 10:17

I guess Putin would be looking for a new chef now !

Prigozhin air crash- suspicious?
DyslexicPoster · 24/08/2023 11:05

Do bears shit in the woods?

Russia is very powerful and merciless.

I doubt there's no one they couldn't and wouldn't end if they stepped out of place. Sends out a very clear message don't you think. Rules do not apply.