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If true, the only surprise is why it would have been a surprise to him. I couldn't figure out why he felt so free to travel in Russia.

• EA-3167 3y ago
  My guess is that he knew he was a dead man walking, wherever he was; he was just living out his last days/weeks recognizing that he was beyond saving.
  • jncfhnb 3y ago
    He was going to military conventions trying to re establish Wagner as a local power in Africa…
    • EA-3167 3y ago
      It's like a really unsympathetic retelling of the myth of Icarus.
• input_sh 3y ago
  The only surprise for me is that it took two months since the attempted coup.
• rossdavidh 3y ago
  Hypothesis: he just faked his own death, to allow him to operate in Africa for a few years unnoticed. Of course, if his dental records are matched to a corpse later today, this will be a short-lived hypothesis.
  • TechBro8615 3y ago
    That depends who is doing/reporting the matching. This could very well be an Epstein-like situation where we'll simply never know the verifiable truth.