Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
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The thing I find strange about this is, why was he in Russia to begin with? I thought he was last seen in Africa just a couple days ago. How'd he end up on a plane flying between Moscow and St. Petersburg?

I'm not sure but I think they might have some airports in Africa.

*gasp* but that's.... That's.... impossible! But I was told Africa was all mud huts and wooden spears!!!

Joking aside, I know Africa has airports, but since Wagner has been supposedly moving their operations to Africa to fight against groups like ISIS and al Qaeda I'm a bit surprised that he wasn't busy setting up operations there. I would think he'd want to be overseeing the operations there since it sounded like they were going to be making that their primary mission now.

Maybe daddy Putin got angy because the move was pulling soldiers out of Russia to fight in Africa. Then he called him for an in-person scolding, and when the scolding didn't get through to him, Putin had to make an example of him.

Another possibility is that it wasn't Putin, but instead another military leader who got pissy about Prigozhin being daddy's favorite, in which case we might see another person fall out a window.

Or maybe it's all a hoax because Prigozhin knows his life will probably end when his usefulness expires, so he faked his death to try and avoid Putin's wrath after the war is over.

I think Putin just waited for some Wagner bosses to be on the same plane. Prigozhin has been successful in Niger and felt safe to fly with Utkin. The leftovers of Wagner will now be integrated into the Russian military.

That doesn't sound right. I'm pretty sure you can't get there by boat either. I can't really imagine him walking to Russia that fast so this sounds like fake news.

I'm not sure but maybe him being in Africa was a lie? Maybe to make Putin think he's not in Russia anymore?

he recorded a video yelling about something somewhere in sahel two days before incident, and next day he went to russia

why would he stage it up? wagner has known activities in africa