A plane belonging to Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force exploded while flying in the Tver region just north of Moscow on Wednesday. The Tass state media outlet reports that Wagner's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on board.
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Video of the incident and radar data precipitating it suggest the plane suffered either an onboard explosion or an impact from ground-based fire before plummeting to the ground. Wagner-affiliated social media accounts are accusing Russian air defense forces of shooting the jet down. Whether that's true or not, it does appear that Prigozhin is dead.
Point two: Putin had very good reasons to kill Prigozhin. It's not just Prigozhin's aborted June coup that matters here. It's the fact that Prigozhin followed that coup by attending political events and running around various high-end St. Petersburg hotels . The chef-turned-mercenary seemed to be mocking Putin's authority.
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