There is little doubt that Putin had Prigozhin killed — which is almost certainly the point

• While it's not confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, or why, or how, it is not hard to figure out.
• Prigozhin publicly challenged Vladimir Putin and, not long after, his plane fell from the sky.
• It matches a series of prior incidents, which observers say are blatant by design.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian warlord, has not yet been confirmed dead. Exactly what took place on his plane on August 23 remains unclear.

But everybody understands what happened.

President Vladimir Putin, of course, hasn't said a thing. He was at a state function with an almost comically villainous background, celebrating Russia's armed forces.