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[–] [email protected] 92 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Pretty weak form of identification. Would be much more certain if the body had something Prigozhin is known to have rather than the body lacking something Prigozhin is known to lack.

Still, I think we all kinda knew he was dead the moment he was like "Actually instead of instigating a civil war in Russia I'm going to take this very generous deal they offered me where my treachery sees almost no repercussions whatsoever."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Honestly, he probably wasn't dead at that moment. He could have been fine if he could have shut the fuck up. He'd likely be watched and essentially on house arrest for the rest of his life, but he could have lived. Anyway, good riddance. He was an evil bastard. Hopefully we get to say goodbye to Putin sometime soon too.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Isn't that how they knew Peter Pettigrew was dead as well? Remember how accurate that was.

[–] rbhfd 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If Prigozhin has to spent the rest of his life in hiding as the rat that he always was, I'm okay with that

[–] rbhfd 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also, does this mean we have to destroy Putin's horcruxes before we can stop him?

[–] Sterile_Technique 22 points 10 months ago

We're working on the orange one here in the US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And the poor kid sleeping with Prigozhin every night?

[–] rbhfd 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

DONALD WEASLEY! HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT ELECTION?! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED! YOUR NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK, AND IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE, WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT TO JAIL!

[–] FooBarrington 2 points 10 months ago

Wasn't it the other way around, they only had a finger for Pettigrew?

[–] sunbytes 2 points 10 months ago

Boy-who-lived incoming.

[–] InverseParallax 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's funny, I can still see him moving around the Marader's map. Must be a mistake.

[–] neumast 15 points 10 months ago

The map does not make any mistake!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He seems like the sort of person who might keep a stack of bodies with the appropriate missing finger in the freezer for reasons.

[–] silentdon 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm about 63% sure he's nursing a cold drink in Australia right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That cocksucker better fucking not be.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

He was identified by a missing part of his finger on his left hand, an injury suffered while he served time in a penal colony decades ago

I've seen this movie.

[–] mindbleach 8 points 10 months ago

Does he have a watch up his ass?

[–] overzeetop 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You want a finger? I can get you a finger. It’s not his, Dude.

[–] vertigo3pc 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hell, I can get you a finger by 2pm. You don't want to know from where...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'll get you one in 5 minutes, might be a little bit wet still tho, but it's the freshest finger this side of Moscow.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You want a finger? I can get you a finger, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

~ Walter Sobchak

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Bring out the reddit references!

Ha ha! I get it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

These fucking amateurs... They send us a toe, we're supposed to shit ourselves with fear.

[–] Agamemnon 10 points 10 months ago

Everyone should be aware that the final say is provided by Putin. And is a foregone conclusion - for purely tactical and propaganda reasons, the official version will be that Prigozhin is dead. And nobody will contest that - least of all Prigozhin himself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I guess we are not going to know for sure for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's not like it would be completely unheard of to lose a finger after being in a small jet that got hit by a missile that then hurtled 30k ft to the ground and exploded.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Really? It would heal over that quickly?