• pandapoo@sh.itjust.works
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      The classics are the point. These aren’t meant to be secretive killings, the signature is the message.

      They would use a different method if they wanted to obscure responsibility, dispose of the body, or do any number of things differently. Because they didn’t, means it was a public signing statement.

      Whether it was intended for one recipient, or many, who’s to say. Either way, you can be sure the intended party, or parties, received it.

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          Do you often find yourself in tall buildings and alone with oligarchs or siloviki?

          If so, sure why not.

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        These aren’t meant to be secretive killings, the signature is the message

        Sure, but would it kill them to spice things up every once in a while?

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          It’s unfortunate that this method was initially used because it was an intentionally ambiguous method of assassination, whereas now it’s a signature assassination, with only a sprinkling of ambiguity for their local media.

          Just think, if they had started with tragic hot air balloon accident, death by misadventure with a jet ski, or pet bear mauling?