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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, this being Russia, I think this is either:

  • putin offed him
  • faked death

The odds of this being accidental in any way are effectively zero, as far as I’m concerned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think he's almost certainly dead, if he was smart he would have retired and gone into self exile somewhere like the UAE never saying or doing anything political and then maybe they would have left him alone, probably hard to give up all the importance of being the leader of a PMC/huge social media figure, but if he cared about living he definitely should have

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's too bad, I was looking forward to his African warlord arc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Damn, and his assassins didn't even get to look at Salisbury Cathedral.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope you're not implying that this might have been... intentional?😲

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No way. Obviously the plane accidentaly fell from a window.