Russia says genetic tests confirm Prigozhin died in plane crash

3 years ago by trexman to c/worldnews

The private jet crashed two months to the day after the Wagner mercenary chief led an abortive mutiny against Russia's army top brass. President Vladimir Putin described it as a "stab in the back," but later met with Prigozhin in the Kremlin.
Son_of_dad 39 points 3 years ago

He's dead, so stop looking. He's not in a Russian basement with electrodes on his balls or anything, he's dead!

-Russian government

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exploding_whale 13 points 3 years ago

You want a some DNA? I can get you a some DNA, believe me. There are ways, Dude.

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ours 10 points 3 years ago

The FSB might get it wrong again and deliver s signed NDA and The Sims expansion DLC.

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electrogamerman 2 points 3 years ago

with electrodes on his balls

That sounds kind of hot tho

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Rapidcreek 32 points 3 years ago

That's a little quick. They would have needed prior blood samples of each individual on the plane, or blood samples of close relatives of each individual.

Putin needs it to be believed that Prigozhin was rubbed out because this is part of how he maintains power- through fear.

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qtj 26 points 3 years ago

Doesn't seem unlikely that they had blood samples of him, given he was a legitimate military target for the Ukaine long before his falling out of favour with Putin.

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coffee 18 points 3 years ago

It's been 3 days. As a former prison inmate, they most certainly had his DNA on file.

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JackOfAllTraits 7 points 3 years ago
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Kalkaline 6 points 3 years ago
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selokichtli 3 points 3 years ago

No, they don't. You don't even need blood samples to begin with. But even if you did, you don't need any DNA from the other passengers to confirm Prigozhin's remains. Also, it's not quick, it's a reasonable window of time.

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Admetus 2 points 3 years ago

Hair or saliva is enough to get a fairly accurate DNA sample. The now-KGB would have had no trouble procuring that in the past.

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ExLisper 1 point 3 years ago

Maybe they actually checked before the flight by putting a bullet in his head?

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vahtos 24 points 3 years ago

Russia says

So he's definitely (not) dead, right?

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Son_of_dad 5 points 3 years ago

He's getting tortured somewhere

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Durotar 0 points 3 years ago

Given that the only man who wanted to kill him and could kill him is Putin, so he's dead. There's no reason for him to fake it.

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bilboswaggings 0 points 3 years ago

He could be alive, but there is no real reason for him to not come forward to prove he is alive (Russia would know he didn't die in that plane after testing)

So he is dead

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cosmicrookie 16 points 3 years ago

"Russia says"

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selokichtli -1 points 3 years ago

When the news came, he was killed by Putin. Now, he couldn't be dead, but being tortured in some hell governed by Putin. Quite the propaganda around here.

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autotldr 12 points 3 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last Wednesday.

Russia's aviation agency had previously published the names of all 10 people on board the private jet which crashed in the Tver region northwest of Moscow.

They included Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, his right-hand man who helped found the Wagner group.

The private jet crashed two months to the day after Prigozhin led an abortive mutiny against Russia's army top brass.

President Vladimir Putin described that mutiny as a treacherous "stab in the back", but later met with Prigozhin in the Kremlin.

He sent his condolences on Thursday to the families of those the aviation agency said had died in the crash.


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medicsofanarchy 8 points 3 years ago

Ah, but what's their story as to why the plane crashed?

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lasagna 13 points 3 years ago

It fell off a window.

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state_electrician 8 points 3 years ago

The plane was depressed and committed suicide. Such is life in Russia.

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bilboswaggings 5 points 3 years ago

The plane actually jumped out of a hotel window and landed on some unexploded ordnance

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OrnluWolfjarl 3 points 3 years ago

Videos show it missing a wing while dropping like a stone from the clouds.

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zkikiz 3 points 3 years ago

It goes without saying but missing a wing is one of the main things that planes are designed never to do, so either they didn't catch the part where the wing exploded or you've got some serious sabotage going on

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ooterness 7 points 3 years ago path: 0 2862792, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 1
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cosmicrookie 5 points 3 years ago

It was an accident. He fell out through a window in the plane

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telllos 5 points 3 years ago

From the government who was falsifying drug test at the Olympics using their secret service. Right...

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c0mbatbag3l 1 point 3 years ago

Could have just done launched a missile inventory audit.

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