• @Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    297
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Who would have expected this? Surprised pikachu

    But the only one who opposed Putin (with any military power) being dead isn’t necessary a good thing (imho)

    • Ghostalmedia
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1821 year ago

      Yeah, but he was stripped of all of his power. Wagner group is being rolled into the state military. The opportunity for Wagner to push back and or give Putin the boot has passed.

      And, this dude was also an evil corrupt piece of shit. If he overthrew Putin, Russia would’ve still been an authoritarian disinformation state.

    • DessertStorms
      link
      fedilink
      331 year ago

      But the only one who opposed Putin (with any military power) being dead isn’t necessary a good thing (imho)

      Replacing one dictator with another who has the support of something like the Wagner group would not have been good for anyone but the Wagner group.

      • @severien@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        121 year ago

        There would be no clean replacement. It would get very bloody and chaotic. Not a bad hypothetical scenario. But that ship has sailed when Prihozhin surrendered (he didn’t stand much of a chance anyway).

        • BNE
          link
          fedilink
          English
          21 year ago

          If we could avoid another “oops, all Taliban” outcome though, that would be grand.

    • sab
      link
      fedilink
      321 year ago

      The most surprising thing here is that nine people were willing to get on a plane with Prigozhin. That’s arguably much closer to actual suicide than any of the convenient window deaths that keep happening.

      • livus
        link
        fedilink
        101 year ago

        Not really. Meet your new boss, same as your old boss. Russia isn’t pulling out of Africa.

          • livus
            link
            fedilink
            21 year ago

            The Sahel is full of oil and minerals so the “war on terror” is in full swing.

    • @Juujian@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      171 year ago

      Somehow I always thought they would poison him. More personal. But if he brought his own water, I suppose this saves everybody some time.

    • @jantin@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      71 year ago

      It’s not like Putin and his closest cronies are in any way competent. They are removing anyone who dared to criticize. Before the coup Prigozhin, Girkin were allowed to say whatever they wanted as long as they did not undermine the general effort. Now Putin’s inner circle will ultimately disconnect themselves from reality: govern the country and the war from a bunker filled with scared yes-sayers with no alternative voices.

    • genoxidedev1
      link
      fedilink
      61 year ago

      I’m pretty sure Ukraine still opposes Putin so at least we got that.