{"id":170699,"date":"2023-02-08T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=170699"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:36:17","slug":"putin-mercenary-who-waved-the-skull-of-dead-ukrainian-is-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/putin-mercenary-who-waved-the-skull-of-dead-ukrainian-is-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin mercenary who waved the skull of dead Ukrainian is killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Putin mercenary who &#8216;waved the skull of a dead Ukrainian&#8217; and called for civilians to be murdered DIES after he was shot in the head in mystery attack<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Propagandist turned fighter Igor Mangushev died after he was shot in the head<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>His wife alleged it was an act of &#8216;attempted murder&#8217; on Russian-held territory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A pro-Putin spin doctor who notoriously waved the skull of a &#8216;dead Ukrainian&#8217; fighter on stage in a sickening stunt died today after he was shot in the head.<\/p>\n<p>Igor Mangushev, 36, had been gravely wounded in hospital for several days after what his wife alleged was an act of &#8216;attempted murder&#8217; on Russian-held territory.<\/p>\n<p>He died around 6am from wounds sustained in the so-far unexplained shooting on 4 February.<\/p>\n<p>The sinister ultranationalist campaigner and propagandist turned fighter was seen in sickening footage on stage in August brandishing the reported skull of an Azov fighter declaring: &#8216;We&#8217;re alive and this guy is already dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Let him burn in hell. He wasn&#8217;t lucky. We&#8217;ll make a goblet out of his skull.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/28\/12\/61804613-11154153-image-m-34_1661686793683.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pro-Putin activist Mangushev sain in his sickening rant: &#8216;We&#8217;ll make a goblet out of your skull&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/28\/12\/61804619-11154153-image-m-32_1661686782555.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pro-Putin ultranationalist&#8217;s address came at an unconfirmed location at an unknown date<\/p>\n<p>The shooting of Mangushev &#8211; aka Bereg &#8211; has been seen as a likely warning to his &#8216;associate&#8217; Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner private army and one of Vladimir Putin&#8217;s closest cronies.<\/p>\n<p>This theory of a &#8216;proxy attack&#8217; was voiced by leading Russian expert Mark Galeotti who said: &#8216;I think we can safely describe this as a hit.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;This could be a warning, or taking a pawn off the board, or a sign that Mr Prigozhin&#8217;s more thuggish rivals feel he is weakened enough that they can move.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate suggestion Mangushev was shot in a revenge act by Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Today a Ukrainian source US Insider said: &#8216;Remember the sadist Mangushev, who performed with the skull of a murdered Ukrainian soldier from Mariupol?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, he died. And they shot him with their own shot in the head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This happened, of course, not at the front \u2026.recently, Mangushev has collaborated with Prigozhin and Wagner PMC.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/28\/13\/61804617-11154153-Mangushev_claimed_the_skull_had_belonged_to_an_Azov_regiment_sol-m-52_1661688001130.jpg\" height=\"285\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Igor Mangushev claimed the skull belonged to an Azov regiment soldier killed in Mariupol<\/p>\n<p>At the weekend, Mangushev&#8217;s wife Tatiana Azarevich, posted a video saying he had been struck down at close range away from the frontline.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed he was not given adequate medical care, and that the Russian authorities had failed to investigate the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors had told her &#8216;the shot was made at close range, at a 45 degree angle to the back of the head, from top to bottom&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It was &#8216;attempted murder&#8217; or an &#8216;execution&#8217;, she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/28\/12\/61804621-11154153-image-a-38_1661687571655.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Igor Mangushev is thought to have fought in Ukraine following Russia&#8217;s invasion<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/02\/08\/09\/67456069-11726479-image-m-19_1675850155965.jpg\" height=\"623\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Russian ultranationalist fighter Igor Mangushev is pictured in fatigues<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/28\/12\/61804605-11154153-image-m-40_1661687616092.jpg\" height=\"610\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ultranationalist Igor Mangushev is pictured in a Russian army &#8216;Z&#8217; hat<\/p>\n<p>She denied claims he was in the Wagner force &#8211; run by Prigozhin, but serving with the regular Russian army.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is an active serviceman of the Russian Army, a captain of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps of the 8th Army of the Russian Armed Forces,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>A video shows the pair on holiday in Lebanon in November.<\/p>\n<p>Mangushev, 36, was the leader of a pro-Russian political movement with links to the FSB security service.<\/p>\n<p>In his deranged rant in August, Mangushev declared: &#8216;Why can&#8217;t there be any reconciliation?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ukraine must be de-Ukrainized. The Russian lands of Novorossiya must be returned back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are not at war with people of blood and flesh. We are at war with an idea \u2014 Ukraine as an anti-Russian state.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In his Telegram channel, Mangushev openly called for the killing of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will burn your houses, kill your families, take away your children and raise them Russians,&#8217; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11726479\/Putin-mercenary-waved-skull-dead-Ukrainian-dies-shot-head.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin mercenary who &#8216;waved the skull of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Putin mercenary who waved the skull of dead Ukrainian is killed - 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