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It looks like WSJ journalists and editors took personally the arrest of Evan Gershkovich in Russia. Since his detention by FSB eight months ago, the paper published a number of blockbuster articles about Russian affairs, including today's expose about Patrushev's role in the killing, with Putin's approval, of Prigozhin, his closest advisors and the plane crew. The conclusion that Russia is run like a mafia state is inescapable and I hope the paper is going to go after the khuilo himself. The sooner, the better.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-patrushev-plan-prigozhin-assassination-428d5ed8

In the beginning of August, as most of Moscow went on vacation, Patrushev, in his office in central Moscow, gave orders to his assistant to proceed in shaping an operation to dispose of Prigozhin, said the former Russian intelligence officer. Putin was later shown the plans and didn't object, Western intelligence agencies said.

Several weeks later, following his tour through Africa, Prigozhin was waiting at a Moscow airport while safety inspectors finished a check on the plane. It was during this delay that a small bomb was placed under the wing, said Western intelligence officials.

The jet departed after 5 p.m. and reached an altitude of 28,000 feet. But after more than half an hour, the aircraft swiftly lost altitude and crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino. Witness videos show that after an explosion, a jet with a detached wing fell from the sky.

Within days, Russian media reported that DNA tests confirmed Prigozhin had died in the crash. Nine others were killed with him, including the Wagner group's commander, Dmitry Utkin, another Wagner associate, two pilots and a 39-year-old flight attendant.