• Flying SquidM
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    1910 months ago

    And here I thought he might have survived the crash that killed every other person on the plane.

      • Flying SquidM
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        -1810 months ago

        What a silly thing to need to confirm. Why on Earth would he fake his death?

        • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          To avoid being murdered for being against Putin, probably.

          Nobody who’s not a total piece of shit and/or related to him is going to miss that neonazi, but let’s not pretend that his death was accidental or even overzealous punishment for his many ACTUAL crimes.

          • Flying SquidM
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            1210 months ago

            Oh no, I don’t think his death was accidental. I think it was 100% on Putin’s orders.

        • Hank
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          510 months ago

          Maybe to prevent further assassination attempts from Russia? The simple fact that his plane got shot down is proof that he had a reasonable motive to fake his death.

          In hindsight this is exactly what he should’ve done based on public information.

          • Flying SquidM
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            310 months ago

            I guess. It seems to me like Putin giving his family his condolences was confirmation.

        • monk
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          110 months ago

          It’s mutually beneficial for him and Putin.

    • @orizuru@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1310 months ago

      The point was to test if he was actually on the plane.

      He was on the passenger’s list, but that doesn’t mean he was actually on the plane.