Yevgeny Prigozhin’s clothes matches together with his look he made on August 21.
A brand new video of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin purportedly exhibiting him in Africa days earlier than his demise has surfaced on social media. Within the quick clip, launched by a Telegram channel linked to the Wagner Group, Prigozhin is heard speaking about his well-being and attainable threats to his safety. He’s seen wearing camouflage clothes and hat, in addition to the watch on his proper hand. Prigozhin believed to have died together with 9 different individuals when a Brazilian-made Embraer jet crashed north of Moscow final week.
NDTV can not confirm the placement or the date of the video, which was filmed in a transferring automobile. Nevertheless, his clothes matches with an look he made in a video launched on August 21, as per a Reuters report.
The Wagner boss his heard saying that the video has been filmed in Africa.
A video of Prigozhin appeared that’s reportedly filmed in Africa not lengthy earlier than his demise.
“So, followers of discussing my demise, intimate life, earnings, and many others., I’m doing tremendous,” Prigozhin says. pic.twitter.com/UcIKpgLNZi— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 31, 2023
“For many who are discussing whether or not I am alive or not, how I am doing – proper now it is the weekend, second half of August 2023, I am in Africa,” Prigozhin says within the video.
“So for individuals who like to debate wiping me out, or my non-public life, how a lot I earn or no matter else – all the pieces’s okay,” he provides with a wave of his hand.
The clip has sparked an enormous dialogue on X (previously Twitter), the place it has been shared by Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the minister of inner affairs of Ukraine.
“We’re anticipating extra movies of Prihozhin not lengthy after his demise. Particularly relating to intimate life, earnings and many others,” commented one consumer. “So he is doing tremendous now, 2m underground,” stated one other.
“Well-known final phrases,” stated a 3rd consumer.
The information about Prigozhin’s demise got here two months after he staged a mutiny- although short-lived. He was laid to relaxation in a secret ceremony in his native Saint Petersburg.
The Kremlin rejected as an “absolute lie” the suggestion that President Vladimir Putin had Prigozhin killed in revenge, however stated the investigation into the crash is inspecting the opportunity of foul play.
Prigozhin held the title of the Hero of Russia, the nation’s high honour.