Putin’s limousine ablaze after mysterious explosion in Moscow

is Putin dead yet? dude's old. somebody oughta smack him with a skateboard,
edit; comments suggesting some sort of violence against Putin tend to elicit a positive reaction.
curious!? fuckin "change my mind" meme guy has notes, but he might busy abusing his partner
- Much like Sadam before him, he has a number of body doubles so even if it did appear he was assassinated in public, probably get some story about a miraculous rescue and recovery if acknowledged 'Putin' was in the area at all.
  
  it's so tedious. Putin, Orban, Trump, Bolsonaro, just an endless stream of vacuous cartoon characters

It would have been great if it was with Putin inside.
- Damn you'd be banned on Reddit for saying that!
  
  Only if I'd wish if Musk would be in it right? Since it's a limo, it would have been great if Putin, Trump, Vance and Musk would be in it.
  
  Too true. I was just banned on Reddit for liking too many pro-Luigi posts
  
  Saying stuff not even as direct as that is what got me permanently banned and the reason that I'm here now
  Reddit really chose to side with evil
  
  You'd get thrown out of a window in Russia for saying that
  
  Better edit it to "I wish Putin all my thoughts and prayers. I hope he gets a new better limo as a result. The world is so unfair. Also ceasefire for Ukraine lol."
  Maybe remove the last part.
- He will get window treatment. Coming soon.

I'm amazed no one has pointed out the possibility that this was staged by Putin himself as a prerequisite to enforce greater surveillance, military and police presence, claim opposition and Ukraine to be terrorists, and so on. This is, besides a malfunction, much more likely than a failed assassination attempt that went this badly, doesn't have a suspect, and got reported on.
- I watched live on reddit while two comments that said basically the same as you were nuked by the admins, not even mods
- Why would he need a reason though? Couldn’t he just do that at any time?
  
  it's easier if there's plausible deniability.
  
  He absolutely could
- We can rule out a Ukrainian assassination attempt. They have a pretty good track record of success.
  We'll know if it's a false flag if Putin immediately freaks out and increases his personal security or suddenly relocates to one of his bitch bunkers.
  
  They have a pretty good track record of success.
  I mean, it wouldn't do to advertise failed attempts. And honestly, even if this was a failed Ukrainian assassination attempt, the fact that they legit blew putin's limo up is kind of huge.
  Honestly I though putin already spent 90% of his time in a bitch bunker. Ukraine has already demonstrated the capability of striking Moscow and beyond, long ago, several times over.
- When has it ever happened in history for a dictator to stage an assassnation or coup attempt on himself? They always sell the image that they are forever beloved and wanted to be in power by everyone.
  why would he tell people that the people around him and closest to him dislike him and want him dead? This is the complete opposite of what every dictator fears to unveal. His gaurds are already under heavy paranioa. Now he openly tells everyone it's your chance to take me out because no one likes me?
  If he wanted to blame ukraine ,it'd have been a lot cheaper and more believable if he just let a drone hit his palace.
  A malfunction of a $300,000 car engine overheating in cold weather is more believable , but realistically no. He's is too old and has dragged his country's economy and people lives to ruins. He is nothing but an ego at this point and does not take many decisions. This is why I'm %100 positive that not much will change in Russia after his death.
  
  Hitler used the burning of the Reichstag as an excuse to clamp down on political dissidence and consolidate his power. It's still not clear whether it was intentionally caused by the Nazis or just a convenient opportunity for them.
  
  Pretty sure Trump staged the first assassination attempt at himself
- He's not an all-powerful FSB god. Just another Gaddafi, always mere hours away from sudden gruesome death.
- Not a failed assassination, but a warning maybe? His health issues have been in the news lately, his "special operation" is wayyyy over-budget... someone's making him look more vulnerable. Who though??? That's my dumb conspiracy; he's losing power and someone's been waiting to fill that vacuum. Corporate-takeover style? Idk, I'm just riffing
  
  His health issues have been in the news lately
  His health issues have been in the news for like two decades. There's always another new article on how he has severe health problems and will die anytime soon. He's been terminally ill and dying since the millennium panic
- bro why do you think he started the war

Better luck next time.
Man, when (when, not if) Putin dies eastern Europe is going to have a weeeeird power vacuum
- power vacuum
  That's a strange way to spell "block party."
- Pretty sure it’s “when” for everyone.
  
  Sooner better than later for this guy though

Now they're getting it - blow up putin - end of war and Ukraine prevails. Also, trump and his entire criminal organization no longer have the backing and deviousness of putin and fail. America wins. The world wins.
Let's not miss next time, okay?
- Blowing up Putin would be nice but it’s not a guarantee the war would end. It would lead to a power struggle in the Kremlin, no doubt, but there are loads of hawks in that regime and many are much more extreme than even Putin.
  Of course, a more extreme war hawk might end up benefitting Ukraine by hastening the collapse of Russia. Or it might lead to nuclear war. It’s really hard to predict exactly what will happen.
  
  This sounds like classic Democrat excuse for inaction.
- Of course, considering he's a paranoid former KGB agent who won't even sit at a normal table with his closest advisors, it would not exactly be trivial to drop him.
  
  Eh. Regardless of how careful he is, he's still just a man. If it's a coup from within the security he has means nothing, and they will also know where he is at a given time.
  
  I read an article, how Putin never sleeps at the same place twice. He selects a random house for the night, then kick out the people living inside. So nobody ever knows where he spends the day.

Don’t get my hopes up
- Is it ... the ... beginning?
  
  I thought the same when the funny hot dog man turned war-criminal marched a surprising distance into Russia.
  Nothing ever happens. :(
- I think it's a nothingburger.

Tesla makes limos now?
- This is gold, Jerry. GOLD!
- My first thought. Maybe the Russian equivalent: president's billionaire buddy has a Russian luxury car factory propped up by government money, riddled with problems.
- Yes, it's the new tesler, it's the greatest car in the world according to this note I got, I love tesler by the way.

"I'm not a fan of his politics or anything, but there's no excuse for attacking other people's property." - US conservative "opinion"
- Sounds more like a centrist to me.
  
  A centrist is just a conservative who knows that "conservative" is a bad word.
- That's the Mantra of a liberal I've ever heard one
  
  once again, i am at odds with lemmy's definition of "liberal".

The headline is mistaken. I checked out an article with photos from the scene.
The limousine was authentic. The place was nice, a few blocks from the FSB headquarters.
But there was no "tremendous explosion" - the car just burnt. Every house had its windows intact, the car itself had its windows intact while burning, etc.
Explanations: technical malfunction, passer-by with fire cubes and a lighter.
- What's a fire cube? I'm guessing you're not referring to the Amazon Fire cube...
  
  Maybe something like the solid fuel cubes used for camping. https://www.rei.com/product/653344/esbit-solid-fuel-tablets
  
  I probably don't know the correct term in English. It's a product for starting a fire in a wood-fired stove or campfire. A rectanglular block of wood fiber soaked in oil.
  
  Ew what is that

Keep fighting! Freedom fighters are the heroes of our times.

First of all, this does not look like an assassination attempt. The engine caught fire. A Russian-made limousine. Might be (politically motivated) vandalism, might be "a Tesla".
There's no freedom of speech or poltical expression in Russia anymore. The state controls the media and the media control the narrative. This is the totalitarian approach. The disadvantage for Putin/Kreml is that they really don't know anymore how deep the resentment against them goes. And neither do we.
Of course the explanation will be that Ukrainian sympathisers did it, but I think it's easy to see that a Russian does not even have to be a Ukrainian sympathiser to want Putin dead.
- There's no freedom of speech or poltical expression in Russia anymore. The state controls the media and the media control the narrative.
  Ah so just like the US then
  
  Who ever downvoted you needs to visit the whitehouse.gov and other government sites and social media accounts. They are like North Korean level propaganda now.
  
  Far worse than here but he’s. At least we can access global internet

Captured image from the video shows that the hood of the engine compartment had been warped. This means there had been an explosion :

I'd rather that he lives to see all his sick imperial dreams crushed.
- You know what, I'd be happy either way!
- He will die of illness before the world finally turns on him
  Now that our government is his closest ally, his sick imperial dreams will live long beyond his vile life
  
  Nah, Finland and Sweden joining NATO and Russia burning up almost all of its Soviet horde mean russia is pretty much done for as a major military power. They can sneak little bites of their unallied neighbors but they will never be the world's second strongest military again.

If he wasn't in it then I don't care
- could’ve been a message more than an attack
  
  "We've been trying to contact you about your car's extended warranty"
  
  great. so, fucking nothing?

What kind of low rent dictator has to park on the street?

There’s a high chance that the car is just shit… would be nice if it was an actual assassination attempt but honestly who knows.
- It's an Aurus, a Russian luxury brand. Knowing Russian automotive engineering, I'm sure the only part that works properly is the engine, which was developed with help from Porsche.

"The attack on my life has left me scarred" 🤣

The worst part is learning he’s still alive…. FUCK!!!

NeverGiveUpCatPoster.jpg
- Hang in there! (NSFW)
  
  i know that "nsfw" is technically correct here, but i really wish we'd start to designate between graphic depictions of human anatomy. i was kinda hoping to see some upside-down boobs, tbh :P
  that's the first time i've seen this pic of Mussolini. Imagine what it would look like if he wore big suits and bronzer.

You have one job!

"However, media reports have confirmed that no one was injured."
Try harder.

Being a clever bastard with a gangster mindset, of course Putin would have been paranoid one way or the other, so that won't change much I think. But things like that happening - no matter if it will end up being explainable as a proper accident or a failed assassination attempt or whatever - tend to undermine the mythos of being invulnerable and always 3 steps ahead of the game, that people like Putin want to disseminate about themselves. That's my current hope in the political climate.

Damn so close. I’m sure there’s plenty of Russian civilians who have lost their sons who want to see that man dead

Wow its dangerous in Russia. Exploding cars, people keep falling out windows, accidentally shooting themselves in the back of the head repeatedly then falling down elevator shafts. Someone should establish some safety programs.

Finger crossed

Godamnit, swing and a miss. Second time's the charm.

Waow (nng basedbasedbasedbasedbased!! -w- )

When will a drone finally hit the target

I don't know if I buy that the people are rising up, but maybe some oligarch got tired of Putin for some reason? Or maybe the KGB doesn't like how slow the conquering of Ukraine is going.
- I expect news in the coming days of people falling out of windows...

This was a false flag he planned to build up support for his failing 'military exercise'

Putin the fire out

It's still not on the BBC 12 hours on, and I don't know the website, so this is fake, unfortunately.
- Lol. It's not on my local government rhetoric machine and therefore I do not implicitly believe this
  
  Lol, it's on my socials so it's real.
  Two can play that game. Not to mention I'm not even British.

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