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This is old news. We knew he was dead the moment he decided not to go all the way with the coup.

• derbOac 3y ago
  I think he was dead before then, when he started openly criticizing the war. I think the coup was in response to that. I'm not sure why he was flying around in Russia though. The article has a point though: the next Prigozhin might have just learned not to stop a coup as much as not to start to one.
  • xwdv 3y ago
    There won’t be another Prigozhin. Everyone else would rather serve in heaven than rule in hell.
  • catchnear4321 3y ago
    > I'm not sure why he was flying around in Russia though. this is why it doesn’t make sense to assume this was a net negative for putin. the math is wrong. the details don’t add cleanly. had he been flying in africa only to have a wing fall off, the situation and the impact would be quite different.
  • tharmas 3y ago
    He was openly criticizing the CONDUCT of the war. He wanted to go in much much harder on Ukraine.
    • noduerme 3y ago
      Not entirely. He also loudly criticized the rationale for the invasion, at least in his last few months [edit] (although carefully blaming the MoD for the deception while excusing Putin for being misinformed): "The Ministry of Defense is trying to deceive the public and the president and spin the story that there were insane levels of aggression from the Ukrainian side and that they were going to attack us together with the whole NATO block," the Russian businessman [Prigozhin] said. "The special operation was started for a completely different reason."[0] [0] https://www.newsweek.com/prigozhin-wagner-group-putin-ukraine-war-shoigu-nato-lie-1808700 https://www.newsweek.com/prigozhin-wagner-group-putin-ukrain...