The three leaders of Wagner didn't actually have a chain of command that could survive a head of the snake attack, so now the Kremlin is going to absorb the less ideological fighters.

It was incredibly stupid for all three of them to be on the same plane.

The last two months, Russia has been scrambling to talk to all the clients of Wagner, saying that the Russian military will step in to handle whatever job Wagner was doing (Wagner was doing those jobs at the behest of the Russian military anyway). Meanwhile, Prigozhin was running around trying to reassure clients that Wagner was still capable of handling the contracts.

It's ll a mess, and quite funny if you ignore the human suffering that Russia and Wagner have been inflicting on the world.

[–] Awkwardparticle@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you assuming they agreed to be on the same plane? Nobody is that stupid and naive.

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

All three were on the plane.

It could have been arrogance, or it could have been budgetary. See, the Kremlin had been messing with Prigozhin's finances. So all the Kremlin had to do from there was set up a meeting in a city away from wherever Wagner was operating, and then insist that all three leaders be there.

They had to show up, and they only had the budget for one plane/security escort. And who would shoot down a plane? (Ignoring MH17)