pips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square396linkfedilinkarrow-up12.12Karrow-down127cross-posted to: statecraft@lemmy.cafenews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldUkraine_UA@kbin.socialnews@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up12.09Karrow-down1external-linkWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukpips@lemmy.film to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square396linkfedilinkcross-posted to: statecraft@lemmy.cafenews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldUkraine_UA@kbin.socialnews@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareDessertStorms@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up37·2 年前 But the only one who opposed Putin (with any military power) being dead isn’t necessary a good thing (imho) Replacing one dictator with another who has the support of something like the Wagner group would not have been good for anyone but the Wagner group.
minus-squareseverien@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 年前There would be no clean replacement. It would get very bloody and chaotic. Not a bad hypothetical scenario. But that ship has sailed when Prihozhin surrendered (he didn’t stand much of a chance anyway).
minus-squareBNE@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前If we could avoid another “oops, all Taliban” outcome though, that would be grand.
Replacing one dictator with another who has the support of something like the Wagner group would not have been good for anyone but the Wagner group.
There would be no clean replacement. It would get very bloody and chaotic. Not a bad hypothetical scenario. But that ship has sailed when Prihozhin surrendered (he didn’t stand much of a chance anyway).
If we could avoid another “oops, all Taliban” outcome though, that would be grand.