Putin breaks silence after Prigozhin's plane crash, calling the Wagner boss a 'man of complicated fate' who made 'serious mistakes'
Business InsiderJUL 2023
Putin Breaks Silence on Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin
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The Spin
Pro-Russia narrative
Prigozhin is a complicated character who made some mistakes, but also one who valiantly served Russia's interests. The cause of this tragic crash will be investigated to the fullest extent possible.
Anti-Russia narrative
After Prigozhin humiliated the dictatorial Putin by launching his failed mutiny, and then proceeded to roam around freely without prosecution, the question shouldn't be how he was killed, but how he survived so long in the first place.
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