drkohler said:
Yes but this was a once in a million chance to take out not only Prigozhin but also most of his cronies. They knew who was on the planes and took out the first plane. Why the second plane could turn and land in Moscow we'll probably never know. The whole thing looks like a Shoigu (who always was the main target of Prigozhin) operation ordered by Putin. So a simple Shoigu order to a hapless field commander (poor guy likely doesn't know yet that he is also dead) sealed it. |
That'd be contingent on how often or not these people banded together and how well their locations were known. Hard to believe the Russian state apparatus couldn't do one better.
In the end, I suppose we should remember that Putin, like other power-hungry dictators, always orders insane and poorly thought-out operations, so it's likely this is just another of his not-quite-subtle blunders.
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