
The destruction of the aircraft with Evgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin near the residence of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin was the first, but I think not the last indicative execution of the times of Putin's totalitarianism.
More recently, the dictator preferred to act more carefully. He sent to those whom he considered traitors, messengers with a "novice". His former associates and patrons were dying of a mysterious death - like Berezovsky in the UK or Lesin in the United States. But demonstratively destroy the plane, and even two months after the “agreements” with the leaders of the Wagnerians and shortly after meeting with them in the Kremlin - this is something new even for Putin.
This "new" confirms that he now makes the main and only bet only on fear and nothing more than fear is interested in him. That everyone whose actions allow at least for a moment to doubt the infinity and uncontrolled of his power is doomed. That his associates and accomplices should only be afraid of him. Do not love, do not respect, do not trust, but simply be afraid.
So the associates and accomplices were afraid of Stalin. He planted their wives in the camps, killed close relatives, mocked and mocked - but they only nodded their heads and tried to curry up. It was practically the only task - to curry up and survive.
Putin rebuilds just such a cruel and archaic regime. He is not so stupid as not to understand, the defeat of what scale he suffered in Ukraine. All this is a long war, international isolation, the loss of a familiar lifestyle and other "achievements" of the Kremlin recluse - cannot be considered a new norm for most of the elite. And this despite the fact that there is no understanding of what awaits Russia ahead. New military adventures? Economic collapse? Nuclear disaster? What else will he come up with?
No one should think about it. And no one should question the correctness of his actions. If he decides tomorrow that it is time to go to paradise in orderly rows - it means to heaven. No doubt.
Such a stupid humility of a fascinated person from permissiveness can only guarantee fear. That is why everyone should understand that Putin is capable of everything. Sleep the plane? No problems. Plant half the members of the Security Council? Without hesitation. Throw a bomb? Please. He should put the heads of Prigozhin and Utkin at the peaks at the entrance to one of his residences - and this would become the sign of the Middle Ages, into which he drove himself and the country he had taken.
But fear is a gunshole weapon. Yes, now they will all be afraid of him even more. But everyone will understand that to negotiate with him about something, to believe his promises and guarantees is more expensive. That if he kills even those who for years brought him fabulous profits and performed the most disgusting instructions without even clamping his nose, then what to talk about everyone else.
There is nothing to talk about with the ruler of this type, no one wants to convince him of anything, and even more so, it is completely contraindicated against him.
You can only agree with him. Or kill him if you don’t want to agree anymore. This is the simple logic of authoritarianism - sooner or later Putin himself may be among passengers of Prigozhin aircraft.