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BREAKING: A business plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Wagner Group, accidentally fell out of a window in the sky.

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According to Russian state media, he didn't fall out of a window, it was a special landing operation.

That’s actually very humane treatment for an enemy of Putin’s. I’m surprised he wasn’t Novichokked.

Novo is for the blatant assassinations. Proghizin had some actual power so this is Putin providing an opportunity for that power base to come back quietly.

Shooting someone down with air defence isn't a blatant assassination?

Nope, Russian air defense has been shooting down their own planes for awhile now.

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