At the end of August this year, when the Russian and Ukrainian armies were in the midst of fierce battles, Prigozhin, the boss of the Russian private mercenary group "Wagner", had an accident. The plane in which he and several high-ranking officials of the group were traveling accidentally crashed, killing all the people on board, which caused a thousand waves for a while. Western countries did not believe that it was an accident at all, and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating the accident and that it was an assassination. The reason why I say this is because before Prigozhin's accident, "Wagner" broke out in a "mutiny" that shocked the world and threatened Putin's position. According to foreign media reports, the contradiction between "Wagner" and the Russian Ministry of Defense is very deep, so both Putin and the Russian Ministry of Defense want to get rid of Prigozhin and disintegrate "Wagner".
However, the Kremlin insisted that this was an accident and that there was no assassination. However, such a response is not enough to calm the controversy, and from the case to the present, doubts from the outside world have always existed. A few days ago, the American media "Wall Street Journal" revealed that the Prigozhin case was an assassination, and the mastermind behind it was Russia's "No. 2 man", Putin's "political ally", and Patrushev, who currently serves as secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. According to the Wall Street Journal, the source of this information is a US intelligence officer and a former Russian intelligence officer, and the authenticity of the information is still guaranteed. According to the report, Prigozhin's plane was secretly placed under the wing with an explosive device that could be controlled remotely.
Shortly after Prigozhin's plane took off, an explosive device was detonated, killing Prigozhin. According to the report, in order to plan the assassination, Patrushev carefully prepared for more than two months. According to the Wall Street Journal, Patrushev has repeatedly advised Putin to get rid of Prigozhin, because the performance of "Wagner" on the battlefield in Ukraine is really too eye-catching, causing Russia to rely on "Wagner" very much. Over time, this dependence will give Prigozhin great political and military clout to threaten Putin. In addition, the more prominent the performance of "Wagner", the more incompetent the Russian army will appear in comparison, which will bring great damage to the reputation of the Russian army.
At first, getting rid of Prigozhin may have been just a proposal, but after the "mutiny" of "Wagner", this proposal was officially elevated to a plan. It is reported that after the "mutiny", Patrushev took over the disposal of "Wagner", which gave him a lot of convenience in planning this assassination. According to the report, although after the "mutiny", the Kremlin did not hold Prigozhin responsible, and Prigozhin's freedom did not seem to be restricted, but Patrushev has been secretly monitoring Prigozhin's movements. In response to this report, the palace said that it was a pure lie, like a "pulp novel". The author believes that the US media made a big fuss about the Prigozhin case in order to prevent Putin from being re-elected in the Russian presidential election next year.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Putin and Patrushev have a close and special relationship, and this hype is undoubtedly intended to make the Russian people think that Putin authorized Patrushev to commit the crime, and then trigger some Russian people to resist Putin, so as to vote for other candidates in next year's election. Everyone knows that the United States wants to push Putin out of power, but judging from the reaction in Russia, Putin is likely to be re-elected.