Doing this from Russia, taking a death that is, is much harder. For one he would have needed to take down his plane and those in it. Lots of people would have looked at it in that time. Then he would need to escape from Russia.

If he were to fake his death, this does not seem an easy way to do it.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not even confident that prigozhin was alive when the plane took off.

[–] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That is quite possible mind you I would think the other people on the plane would make it known he was not on the plane. Before the crash that is.

[–] JohnEdwa@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Nope, and even if there was it would be from Russian sources so you couldn't really trust it anyway. Kremlin says they had nothing to do with the plane crash either, but, you know.

[–] severien@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From whom would Prigozhin try to hide by faking his death? From Putin / MoD, but Russia can easily check the bodies DNA. Doesn't really make sense.

[–] NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The angle I’m considering is that Russia wants to convince the world he is dead. However that doesn’t make much sense either because he could reveal himself at any moment and hasn’t done that.

So perhaps he wanted Putin to think he got him so that he can shake him off his back for good? It’s possible but it seems really unlikely.

I’m not really sure what to think. From the half hearted coup to now, the series of events that played out didn’t add up well for me. Perhaps he really is dead and things are just as weird as they seem for no particular reason at all.

[–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Prigozhin can't fake his death from Putin. Simple DNA analysis of the bodies would reveal there's no Prigozhin among the dead.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

They identified him by a missing finger. They should definitely confirm with DNA.