Or killed by a nation state that thrives on creating conflict by amplifying two sided situations that lead to increased polarization and more instability… the problem with speculation is it’s just that speculation… I’m going to wait and see
I'm definitely not saying that's what happened here (I find it highly unlikely), but if a nation state did do that, there could be a desire to sow additional mistrust of a major US company.
Edit: this is just because someone asked what a hypothetical motive could be
There are a lot of reports of Putin actively interfering to destabilize the west, and also reports in places like the NYTs about the US expanding bases in Ukraine to provoke Russia into the war. These aren’t Twitter rants, they’re in our mainstream “big” media outlets.
World leaders have way too much on their plate to be personally involved in assassinating random foreign citizens for high-degree political effects.
If you see this headline, and story, and immediately think of Putin, that is an unhealthy level of conspiratorial thinking. There is literally no evidence to support this line.
I don't think anyone actually believes Putin personally organises many individual operations in foreign countries. You're just getting hung up on a common shortcut: "Putin" means "someone under Putin's (not even direct) command" here.
This is a niche, US specific issue. Assassinations expose agents that take years to plant. If Russia wanted to get involved, they would honey trap executives, hack them, etc.
Getting involved at this low level is absurd.
It’s like finding a Turd on you lawn, and claiming it’s part of a Russian Plot.
Ah yes, a rival nation would want a whistleblower that brings bad press on their rival to be silenced right before further hearings. Funny how that works out in Boeing's favor more than anyone else.
I don't know, if one counts interference by the number of puppet governments created I know which of this pair would come out on top. And usually the installation of a puppet government sends a country on a downward spiral that's hard to recover from. See: Haiti, Iraq, Egypt.
