Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief presumed dead after Russia plane crash
www.bbc.co.uk
The Russian private military company boss was on the passenger list of the jet which came down near Moscow.
  • kembik@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    A plane crash can make it easier to claim an alive man is dead as there may not be a body.

    I could see this as a means to keep Wagner troops loyalties in check, or just to keep everyone guessing. The most likely scenario though is that Putin did what Putin does which is assassination.

    • heartlessevil@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The body doesn’t magically disappear. Although it is probably in many, many pieces, this can be confirmed through DNA testing on small samples.

      • Mangosniper@feddit.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        DNA testing that Russian investigators will do in Russia. And as we all know, they are trustworthy as fuck

        • heartlessevil@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Wouldn’t they want to do that to show off their work? Or I guess not so they can distance themselves from it and pretend it never happened.