In the clip, Mr Prigozhin, dressed in camouflage, is sitting in a car and saying he is in Africa and fine.
Mr Prigozhin said in the clip: “Just sharing for those who are talking about whether or not I’m alive and how I’m doing. It’s currently the weekend of the second half of August 2023. I I am in Africa. So, for those who are speculating about my demise, about my personal life, about my work or anything else, the reality is that everything is fine. ”
news website medusa (based in Latvia) quoted Eric Toler, an analyst with the investigative journalism group Bellingcat (Netherlands), as saying that in the clip, Mr. Prigozhin appeared to be wearing the same clothes he wore in the August 21 video.
In the August 21 video, Mr. Prigozhin stood in what appeared to be Africa, wearing a camouflage uniform and carrying a weapon. Behind him is a desert area, with a semi-armed truck and several gunmen.
Mr Prigozhin in a clip posted by the Gray Zone Telegram channel on August 30. Photo: Gray Zone
Mr. Prigozhin said everything was fine. Photo: Gray Zone
Meanwhile, the sheet daily Mail Analysis by a military information channel estimated that the video was filmed over the weekend of 19 to 20 August. At the time, Mr. Prigozhin was in Africa, days before Russia said he and nine others died.
The latest clip appeared on the Gray Zone Telegram channel amid a wave of conspiracy theories, claiming boss Wagner may have faked his death by placing a body on a commercial plane that crashed in Russia between September 11 and August 23.
according to the sheet daily Mail, the Gray Zone Telegram channel posted the clip but did not write any comment. Gray Zone did not say when the clip was filmed. However, if the clip is genuine, it does not prove that Mr Prigozhin is still alive.
Also follow daily MailThe clip was released after information emerged that a woman had visited Mr Prigozhin’s grave in St. Petersburg (Russia). Rumor has it that this woman is the wife of the man who stood in for Mr. Prigozhin at the time of the plane crash.
Mr Prigozhin was in Africa before returning to the Russian capital Moscow when he had an accident last week. Africa is where the Wagner Forces have interests and military activities.
