# Prigozhin Dies in Plane Wreck

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992 "2023-08-23T18:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992/1 "2023-08-23T18:27:06Z")

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What, they couldn’t wait until he was standing in front of a window?

> **[Yevgeny Prigozhin in fatal plane crash, Russian officials say](https://www.ft.com/content/812c9da3-80f2-4fe1-8fad-0b4441d1977a)**
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> Ten die on flight from Moscow to St Petersburg, according to emergency ministry

“A post by Grey Zone, a Wagner-connected social media channel, claimed that Russian anti-aircraft defences had shot down the plane in the Tver region near the village of Kuzhenkino.”

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992/2 "2023-08-23T18:29:38Z")

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He was listed as a passenger, anyway. Who knows if he was onboard?

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992/3 "2023-08-23T18:31:07Z")

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Already a thread in MPSIMS (for breaking news).

> [@So Prigozhin is down before Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-prigozhin-is-down-before-putin/988988):
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> Some claim, [this was](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWq0DFA5xrg) the plane. IMHO, this is interesting news. The [NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/23/world/russia-ukraine-war-news) writes something similar. Conspiracy theories will sprout, I guess.

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992/4 "2023-08-23T18:32:44Z")

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Ah, didn’t realize. Mods, feel free to lock/delete/what-have-you. Nothing here to merge.

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992/5 "2023-08-23T18:54:47Z")

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