Prigozhin precedents: a history of assassinations by plane crash

The reported death of the Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is the latest addition to a long list of known and suspected political assassinations by plane crash. Targeting a plane can be an effective way of reaching someone normally surrounded by layers of personal security, as long as would-be assassins have no scruples about killing everyone onboard. Crashes conveniently (for killers) destroy a lot of evidence, often making them hard to investigate and leaving deaths shrouded in a fog of confusion and conspiracy theory that can linger for years, decades or indefinitely. Targeted planes have been shot down by missiles, reportedly…