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Russian General 'Pepsified' in An-26 Crash in Crimea

This is a dark humor news graphic announcing the death of Russian Northern Fleet General Otroshchenko, who died in an An-26 plane crash in Crimea. The general's official portrait is crossed out with red X lines to indicate he is deceased, formatted in a clean news tile layout. The image uses a pun for dark comedic effect: it replaces the word 'perished' (meaning died) with the similar-sounding 'pepsified', a play on the soft drink brand Pepsi.
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A Russian Northern Fleet general, Otroshchenko, was pepsified in the An-26 crash in Crimea

Overview

This is a dark humor news graphic announcing the death of Russian Northern Fleet General Otroshchenko, who died in an An-26 plane crash in Crimea. The general's official portrait is crossed out with red X lines to indicate he is deceased, formatted in a clean news tile layout. The image uses a pun for dark comedic effect: it replaces the word 'perished' (meaning died) with the similar-sounding 'pepsified', a play on the soft drink brand Pepsi.

Origin notes

This graphic originates from the Russian military-themed outlet 'militarnyi' marked in the bottom right of the image, and was later reposted to the 9GAG platform with an original caption joking about Russian technology and maintenance. The pun is a piece of dark internet humor referencing the fatal plane crash incident.

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