Lt. Col Daniel L. Davis, a military expert and senior fellow at Defense Priorities, questioned whether the crash could have been orchestrated by the Kremlin as payback for the Prigozhin-led uprising earlier this year.
“The first question most are asking: Was Prigozhin assassinated by Putin for his role in a June coup attempt?” Davis told Fox News Digital.
Davis noted the timing of the crash that possibly killed Prigozhin, arguing that it would be odd for Putin to order an assassination now that the warlord was back to doing work that benefited Russia.
“Prigozhin had met Putin in Moscow just days after” the end of the uprising, Davis said. “Obviously if you wanted to take him out he could have done it on the spot, but instead he sent him to Belarus and down into North Africa to do lots of missions that are actually beneficial to Russia and Putin himself.”
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