@WaterfordWhispers telling it as it is (the official #Putler version that is). Hard to do satire when press releases of such lies are released with straight(ish) faces. #Prigozhin #SlippyStairs #OpenWindows #Salisbury #Novichok #RuZZia #Fascists #SlavaUkraini

Cathy Young quotes Maxim Reznik, who says, “Prigozhin is the face of late-stage Putinism in its most brutalized form." She suggests that if Prigozhin is, in fact, dead and if Putin did, in fact, have him assassinated, as is likely if he is dead, then this late-state Putinism bodes very ominously for Russia. (And, I'd add, for Putin's fan club among US Republicans.)

#Putin #Prigozhin #Russia

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/prigozhin-death-late-putinism

Video of #WagnerGroup's #Prigozhin, filmed 3 to 4 days before he was killed in jet crash last week, posted on Telegram

"I’m in Africa. So for those who like to speculate about my elimination, my private life, my work there, or anything else: everything’s fine, as matter of fact"

"2 current Russian officials": Kremlin oversaw plans to ensure that Tuesday's funeral of #WagnerGroup's #Prigozhin, killed --- and possibly assassinated --- in a jet crash last week, was private and sparsely attended

Plan developed in high-level meetings

#Russia #UkraineWar

@timothydsnyder it's actually #Utkin and not #Prigozhin, a commander who took a city in 2023. He was on the same plane as Prigozhin, though 👌

Pa k quieres saber eso ja ja saludos: el avión de #Prigozhin era un Embraer de fabricación brasileña y, como es de rigor, las autoridades aeronáuticas de #Brasil (que, ahora mismo, no está en la lista de enemigos de Moscú) se han ofrecido a participar en la investigación del, euhm, incidente, más que nada en beneficio de su propia industria. #Rusia les ha dicho que muchas gracias, pero que ya se encargarán ellos de, euhm, investigar

#Putin #noticias https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-will-not-probe-prigozhin-plane-crash-under-international-rules-brazil-2023-08-29/

"Kremlin says #Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately"
🤯 An outrageous suspicion. Never thought of it.

Kremlin: We will consider deliberate action in investigation into jet crash that killed #WagnerGroup's #Prigozhin

Spokesperson Peskov does not say if Kremlin will consider that anyone inside Kremlin ordered downing of jet

Emphasized that there can be no int'l investigation

Funeral of Valery Chekalov, mercenary #WagnerGroup's head of logistics and one of 10 victims in a jet crash north of Moscow last Wednesday, held in St. Petersburg's Severnoye cemetery

#UkraineWar #Prigozhin #Russia

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-moscows-shadows/id1510124746?i=1000625825097

“What can we say about the death of #Prigozhin (beyond good riddance?). At the risk of overstating the case, I feel this is a watershed moment, and #putin willingness to turn on his own, at the expense of his own promises, is both symptomatic of deep decay in the system and also something that will further undermine it.”

Always a super interesting pod - an especially interesting ep

#Putin should have watched #Foundation on #Apple TV before assassinating #Prigozhin.

#YevgenyPrigozhin was extremely popular in #Russia 🇷🇺.

📹 https://youtu.be/3VPcg1Rm_ps?si=CRfPY7cR0HrrLjpv

👉🏾 Wagner chief Prigozhin's lingering popularity a challenge for Putin https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/27/yevgeniy-prigozhin-wagner-support-russia/

Russian to the wrong Conclusion.

..."Conclusion: This suggests that the video that is now being shared on social media with the claim that it shows Prigozhin's plane crash is fake. In actual fact, the video is older and shows a different crash"...

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-does-this-video-show-prigozhins-plane-crash/a-66633645

#Prigozhin #fake #video

#BBCNews - #Putin and #Wagner boss #Prigozhin : How a long friendship turned ugly
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66602811

#BBCNews - #Wagner boss #Prigozhin #confirmed #dead in plane crash - Moscow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66632924

I wonder if #Putin will try to pin #YevgenyPrigozhin death on #Ukraine 🇺🇦‽

#Moscow airport is already shutting down due to these drones attacks.

Then again if #Russia 🇷🇺 blames Ukraine 🇺🇦 for assassinating #Prigozhin then it will make the #Kremlin look weak.

👉🏾 Ukraine Drone Attacks Shut Down Moscow's Airports Again https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russia-war-drone-strikes-shut-down-moscow-airports-again-2023-8

UK intell: Maj. Gen. Andrei Averyanov --- who oversaw nerve agent attack on former #Russia spy Sergey Skripal & his daughter Yulia in March 2018 --- involved in killing of #WagnerGroup head #Prigozhin

Averyanov is head of GRU's Unit 29155, responsible for sabotage ops in Europe

EA on Times Radio: #Putin, #Prigozhin, and #Trump (Scott Lucas w Rosie Wright)

https://eaworldview.com/2023/08/putin-prigozhin-trump/

#Russia #UkraineWar #TrumpArrest #USElection2024

#Kremlin tries to control narrative over its possible assassination of #WagnerGroup's #Prigozhin

Denounces assessments as "speculation" and "absolute lie"

#Belarus's Lukashenko says he warned Prigozhin twice that he could be killed --- But denies any #Putin involvement

#Russia

#UkraineWar, Day 549: #Kremlin --- We Will Investigate If We Assassinated #Prigozhin

https://eaworldview.com/2023/08/ukraine-war-kremlin-prigozhin-we-will-investigate/

#Russia #WagnerGroup #Putin

#BBCNews - #Wagner in #Africa : Precarious future after #Prigozhin 's reported death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66614766
Two deep dives by #TheGlobalJigsaw on this come highly recommended if you would want to know more:
#CAR 's Wagner trouble - audio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fnsylv light visualisation: https://youtu.be/5eyc2Us0Xuo?feature=shared
And #Russian flag operations in #Mali
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hl5
Video https://youtu.be/L5c2vFzg0dM?feature=shared
And how the world responded to the Wagner #coup
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fyq1cg
Or
https://youtu.be/51inAvo8nyc?feature=shared