Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend the funeral of former Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last week after leading a short-lived rebellion…
Prigozhin was buried by friends in St. Petersburg, where Putin is not welcome perhaps… his grave is probably going to be a holy site for a lot of angry young Russians…
I’m probably also going to skip this one.
BREAKING NEWS
Lemmy-User “Ghostalmedia” will not attend funeral of recently deceased russian oligarch Prigozhin. Will more Lemmy-Users follow this trend?
I was going to say… did anyone want him to go?
Yes, in Russia. Not everyone, but some. There are many in Russia who considered Prigozhin to be a national hero, whether they think Putin killed him or not. They believe this with cause: Putin and Prigozhin were friends for thirty years, Putin made him an oligarch, until this June Prigozhin funded Wagner as a private militia for Putin so that it could retain deniability as an arm of the Russian state, and last year Prigozhin was named a “Hero of the Russian Federation” by Putin for his services in Ukraine. Those two were very publicly tight for decades.
So yeah, there are an unknown number of Russians who are used to seeing Prigozhin as Putin’s right hand, don’t think Putin killed him and actually accept the Kremlin denials, and are now honestly confused as to why Putin is declining to attend the funeral of a national hero.
If that doesn’t make any sense, I can only say . . . you’re not alone, lol.
So yeah, there are an unknown number of Russians who are used to seeing Prigozhin as Putin’s right hand, don’t think Putin killed him and actually accept the Kremlin denials, and are now honestly confused as to why Putin is declining to attend the funeral of a national hero.
that confusion is going to get worse as the conflict continues to get closer to home for them
It’s going to come faster now that Prigozhin is dead, IMO. Слава Україні!
and to the Heroes
I mean, he’d be a sitting duck, so maybe
It’s probably for the better, I should think it’s generally frowned upon for the killer, or at least the person that ordered the killing, to show up at their victim’s funeral.
he’s too scared he’ll get assassinated
The Oligarchs send their regards.
Not directed at you OP.
Was this newsworthy? Quick someone write an article about me not attending the funeral of someone I hate.
no offense, but… is this a real question? about a news article?
He literally said it wasn’t directed at you.
he’s asking if a news article is news worthy… i’m just pointing that it’s nonsense… it’s okay…
Yes. Is this question serious or do you just like being a dickhead for fun?
i don’t think your question is serious
Too bad. Your opinion doesn’t matter. It’s the comment section of a post. Don’t worry I wasn’t expecting you at my funeral anyways.
Does someone want to write an article about that also?
i think you’re being silly
Heeeeyy… now we’re vibing on the same level. Though my initial question was still serious.
it wasn’t serious in the least… you compared Putin to yourself, like a child would… so no, i don’t think it’s very serious… mostly just childish and silly…
the vibing was great though
