Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash Wednesday, two months after he led a brief armed rebellion against President Vladimir Putin.
Yesterday, U.S. President Joe Biden said about the crash, there's not much that happens in Russia that Putin is not behind. Why now and why this way?
But to take him out in this way — to shoot down an entire plane, which included some pilots and the crew, and to take out the entire top command — that's a very demonstrative signal to the rest of the Russian elite that the same fate could await them if they dare to show any independence. Normally, they wouldn't have risked that, but they seem to think that the security had been guaranteed by Putin, Putin would keep his word, and they were flying into Russia for goodness knows what next assignment.Well, the entire Wagner paramilitary group has now been decapitated because, at least according to the Russian aviation authorities, it was not only Prigozhin on board, but also three of his top commanders, including the founder of the Wagner Group itself, Dmitry Utkin.
Unfortunately for the Russian elite, I mean, downing an entire plane sends such a strong signal that I don't think we're going to see any protests for quite some time.
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