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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Never discount that a deal was reached and this was their way or his way of going in retirement with a new identity - faked death.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The simplest explanation is usually the right one though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about the others on the plane, crisis actors?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

collateral damage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

What's in it for Putin? Why would he be giving favors like that to someone who turned his troops against Moscow? He made Putin look like a fool.

So, why would he be giving him favors?