A video has surfaced online showing Russian Wagner mercenary group chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, “dismissing reports of his elimination”
According to Sky News in a report released on Thursday, the warlord insisted “Everything is fine” in the video filmed in Africa during “the second half of August.”There had been reports that Prigozhin died with other passengers in a plane crash in the Tver region near Moscow last Thursday.
The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said seven passengers and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft, which was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
He was buried in Porokhovskoye Kladbishche, St Petersburg this week Tuesday.In the short video, posted on Wagner’s Grey Zone Telegram channel, he said, “For those talking about whether I’m alive or not, how I’m doing, now it’s the weekend, the second half of August 2023, I’m in Africa.
“For those who like to discuss my elimination, private life, income or other things – basically I’m fine
He is seen wearing camouflage gear and a hat, as well as a watch on his right hand.
The weekend he references could be the 19 or 20 of August – three days before he was reportedly killed in a plane crash north of Moscow on 23 August, two months to the day after he led a failed mutiny against top Russian officials.
Watch the video below:
