We all saw this coming, Vlad's signature MO all over it ;)

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.
Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow.

Funny I just commented on that from a previous comment I made at the time of the Wagner revolt . The comment was 'When you shoot at the king you better not miss.

No radioactive substances in this case, just good old fashioned heavy metal ingestion.

Plane crashed are a convenient way to silence opposition . Just ask Dorothy Hunt ;wife of E Howard Hunt ,who organized the Watergate break in.

The plane crash where Howard Hunt's wife died: a true story - Auralcrave

What happens to the Wagner group now ? I am not even all that concerned about their presence in Belarus. They have had a heavy hand in the Syrian Civil War ;and have fomented coups in the African Sahel region ;most recently in Niger

Borged into the Russian Army, with typical Putin subtleness....

Borged ! good word !! turning a Star Trek race's conquests into an adverb.

It is fitting I guess. Ukraine troops have been calling Russian troops Orks since the beginning of the war making a clear distinction between good and evil even though the war is far from that clear cut.

Wagner group appears to be withdrawing from Belarus .

Satellite Images Show Wagner Camp In Belarus Being Dismantled (rferl.org)

Are they headed to Africa to prop up Niger's military junta ;or on another march towards Moscow ?

Might be angry over the killing of the big cheese, or completely intimidated and saying in effect that they get the message.

Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia - Putin
And so it begins...

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Might be angry over the killing of the big cheese, or completely intimidated and saying in effect that they get the message.

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And so it is door number two. Putin knows how to play this game very effectively. In the meantime, Mr. Biden needs a nap.