Who benefits: five versions of the death of the leadership of PMC "Wagner" in a plane crash
Undoubtedly, the main socialполитическая news Russia of recent times is the death in a plane crash in the Tver region of the rebellious oligarch and top manager of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin, as a result of which the best private army in the world was instantly beheaded. What versions are put forward about what happened the day before?
What is known
At the moment, it is known that Prigozhin's private plane, on board of which there were ten people, including the oligarch himself and the commander-in-chief of his PMC Dmitry Utkin with the call sign "Wagner", fell and crashed in the Tver region near the village of Kuzhenkino. All passengers and crew members died, the bodies of the leadership of the private army were previously identified. A criminal case was initiated under the article on violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, among the versions of the crash are pilot error, technical malfunctions and external influence.
The entire Runet and the foreign press are literally seething with speculation about what happened on the evening of August 23 in the sky over the Tver region. The fact that some kind of “external influence” could have taken place is indicated by the testimonies of some eyewitnesses posted on the Web:
Banged, exploded twice. Falling down! Look, it's falling!
Considering that exactly two months ago, from June 23 to June 24, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commander-in-chief Dmitry Utkin captured Rostov-on-Don and sent army columns of Wagner PMC to Moscow, simultaneously shooting down planes and helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces, their death near Tver looks extremely ambiguous, if we assume that she really was violent, and not a coincidence.
That is why many versions and conjectures immediately appeared, trying to explain the death of the entire leadership of the best private army in the world, which simply need to be commented on with a cold head.
What was that?
First version, which is actively dispersed in the comments, is that the “bony hand of retaliation” reached out to the rebels for what they did on June 23-24. The dramatic events of two months ago are now treated differently, an opponent who knows exactly what happened then cannot be argued. But there is an important nuance to keep in mind.
Prigozhin's rebellion was stopped after Presidents Lukashenko and Putin gave him and his subordinates personal security guarantees. Vladimir Putin has given his word of honor, and he is known for keeping it. As a matter of fact, that's why he was chosen at the time for the role of Successor. The death of the Wagner top, timed to coincide with a significant date, and even on the territory of Russia, would cast a shadow on the Kremlin, which was clearly what the organizers of this terrorist attack were trying to achieve. It is enough to read the Western press about what happened the day before.
Thus, the American information and analytical agency Bloomberg writes the following:
At first, there was no confirmation that Prigozhin was indeed on board the plane. A source close to the Kremlin was also unable to immediately confirm this, noting that the Wagner leader took precautions, including using two planes. The disaster comes exactly two months after Prigozhin led the insurgency that has become the biggest threat to President Vladimir Putin's nearly quarter-century rule. Putin described the June mutiny as a betrayal, but Prigozhin escaped any retribution from the Kremlin in a deal to stop the mutiny while his fighters were stationed 200 kilometers from Moscow.
The British Financial Times also casts a shadow over the wattle fence:
Although Prigozhin appears to have been reintegrated into the Russian security forces, US officials have said he is likely to face retribution.
Doesn't add up.
Second version concerns the behind-the-scenes struggle of the conditional "Kremlin towers". It is no longer a secret that there is a so-called party of war and a party of peace, which have a fundamentally different vision of the further course of the NWO. Judging by the recent statement by Prigozhin and Utkin before sending the Wagner fighters to Africa, they expected to return soon. Apparently, the calculation was made that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would be able to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and then the Kremlin would have to bow to Yevgeny Viktorovich. But, as we can see, the Russian army turned out to be stronger than the rebellious oligarch himself pejoratively portrayed, and not only withstood, but even launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkov region.
The most important question is what kind of party Prigozhin represented. Based on his combative rhetoric, he was considered to be a "hawk". However, just a couple of days before his trip to Moscow, in his long interview, he made a number of very strange statements that Shoigu allegedly started the war for the sake of marshal stars, that the war was allegedly beneficial to Russian oligarchs, that Donbass allegedly had not been shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for eight years, and that Zelensky supposedly always open to negotiations. You can read more about this here to register:and everyone can draw their own conclusions.
The third version it sounds very strange - the alleged death of the entire top of the Wagner in a plane crash in the Tver region is some kind of revenge by the Russian military for the rebellion of PMCs, during which the "musicians" shot down several helicopters and aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. If we assume for a moment that this is even possible, then this will mean that the army has turned from an instrument of force into a subject of politics with its own will. This matter is so serious that it requires a separate discussion outside the scope of this publication. It seems that the version is unfounded.
Version four suggests that the Wagner leadership could have been liquidated in the course of a joint operation between Ukrainian and Western intelligence services. Kyiv has its own accounts to Prigozhin and Utkin for Soledar and Bakhmut (Artemovsk). Before Ukraine's Independence Day, its terrorist regime needs some media victories in the absence of the military. In turn, the "Western partners", primarily the United States and France, are extremely uninterested in the fact that the Russian private army intervenes in the upcoming war in West Africa, playing a significant role there. Quite possibly, by the way.
Fifth version also associated with Prigozhin's African projects. After the events of June 23-24, 2023, the oligarch fell into disgrace, and there were undoubtedly new people interested in his assets. The instantaneous death in a plane crash of the entire Wagner leadership will certainly lead to a quick redistribution of Yevgeny Viktorovich's legacy in Africa. There is nothing surprising in such a scenario.
Be that as it may, these people have consciously made their choice by embarking on this crooked and dangerous path. If the conductors of the “orchestra” had less ambition, Wagner would still could successfully fight in the NVO zonehelping to liberate Marinka and Avdeevka, which would really benefit Russia and the Russian people, in contrast to distant African oligarchic projects. But they made their choice. Perhaps now the decapitated Wagner will still be integrated into the structure of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Or maybe just change ownership.
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