You Can Kill the Man

Text on the meme

YOU CAN KILL THE MAN Пресс-служба Пригожина 12:32. 12:32. Реклама Пресс-служба Пригожина BUT NOT THE IDEA

What it means

A split-image meme shows Yevgeny Prigozhin above and a furious red-haired woman below, with screenshots of Russian news posts beside them. The English captions parody the phrase “You can kill the man, but not the idea,” implying that an ideology or movement survives even after its leader is gone. It is used as a darkly ironic reaction to discussions about Prigozhin’s death, martyrdom, or the persistence of his cause.

Who

Yevgeny Prigozhin (Евгений Пригожин)

Objects

older man in hooded jacket / пожилой мужчина в куртке с капюшоном red-haired woman / рыжеволосая женщина round glasses / круглые очки social media screenshots / скриншоты социальных сетей black text panels / чёрные текстовые панели white uppercase caption / белая надпись заглавными буквами Russian-language post / русскоязычный пост woodland background / лесной фон furious facial expression / яростное выражение лица