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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] BadEngineering@kbin.social 151 points 1 year ago

I'm honestly surprised that he lasted this long

[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 83 points 1 year ago

I feel like when the attempted coup fizzled out there was a Russia expert who predicted he's be dead within 90 days. Sounds like that guy was right.

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

Honestly didn't need to be a expert on Russia to predict that

[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

No kidding, literally everyone figured he'd be dead soon. Not sure how he didn't realize that.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

"Person vaguely aware of how Russia works predicts Prigozhin will be dead in 90 days". That headline doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

[-] qwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Weirdly enough, it's exactly two months between the mutiny and his death. Interestingly enough, the invasion started on 24th as well. Weird.

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