Detained Russian general and Prigozhin ally Sergei Surovikin 'resting'

[Kennah]

Source: Financial Times

Sergei Surovikin, the Russian general who has not been seen in public since the Wagner paramilitary group staged a failed mutiny last month, is “resting,” according to a senior lawmaker.

Andrei Kartapolov, a former senior military official and head of the defence committee in Russia’s lower house of parliament, told reporters on Wednesday that Surovikin was “not available right now”, according to a video posted on Shot, a news outlet on social media app Telegram.

Surovikin, the former commander of Russia’s invasion force in Ukraine and one of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s closest allies in the military, was detained in the aftermath of Wagner’s mutiny amid a security services shake-up, according to people familiar with the matter.

Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/b632ea3e-11e8-4574-8991-a74e1a223de1#post-1d93e8ee-f053-40c4-99be-7068edb85cdc

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Is "resting" code for "lying in state?"

[llashram]

1. and will be

falling out of windows soon?

[marble falls]

2. Is beeg lie, vas drinkink tea vis heem only this mornink. He seemed vary quiet. Ant vary blue.

[llashram]

6. yep

sounds about right

[Otto_Harper]

3. Resting?

As in "With the fishes?"

Or, perhaps, "Just pinin' for the fjords?"

[Kennah]

5. Like Luca

[Wicked Blue]

8. in peace

[Leghorn21]

4. Yes, and here's Jesse James "resting"

[zuul]

12. LOL!

[Lonestarblue]

7. I hear prison gives you lots of time to "rest."

[IronLionZion]

9. Resting in Peace?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Ees comming soon: "Weekend at Sergei's." You like, da? NT

[Shipwack]

11. "He's pining for the fjords!" nt

[C_U_L8R]

15. That is an ex-general !

He's not pining! He's passed on! This general is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!

[Wild blueberry]

13. How far underground?

[cstanleytech]

14. What's an acceptable thing to send to the family lieu of flowers?

[Kennah]

22. Tots and Pears

[relayerbob]

16. "in peace"

or pieces

[mahina]

26. Oops

Great minds

[Oopsie Daisy]

17. I'm sure he's dead or dying.

Time will tell.

[thesquanderer]

18. Sounds like the Monty Python parrot. He's not dead, he's resting. n/t

[C Moon]

19. Resting in peace?

[PlutosHeart]

20. Chilling description.

Dead dead dead.

All I could think of was the baking term after pummeling my dough and letting it "rest' while it bloats a bit.

[TheBlackAdder]

21. He's sleeping with the fish.

[Journeyman]

23. Resting with pennies on his eyes . . .

[Martin68]

24. Taking a dirt nap?

[The Wizard]

28. Dirt nap

in the marble orchard.

[mahina]

25. In peace? In pieces?

Praying for peace and healing, especially for Ukraine.

[SunSeeker]

27. He's resting...pining for the fjords...

[Kaleva]

29. Stalin has the flu.

[Kennah]

30. I knew it. Hope he recovers.

[Xanchez]

31. It was a coup attempt

Putin didn’t arrest the Wagner chief because he didn’t want the world to know he was almost toppled.