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The photos were circulated by pro-Kremlin Telegram channels following Yevgeny Prigozhin's failed mutiny in what could be an attempt to humiliate him.
The Kremlin does not speak his name. Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, whose popularity rating soared before his short-lived rebellion, is threatened with political erasure, the modern-day equivalent of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's purging of enemies from official photographs.
Despite the high-quality wigs, Russia’s FSB said it has managed to identify the man in these pictures as the mutinous Wagner leader.
Prigozhin is posed as various military figures from Libya and Syria, and the mercenary leader is seen making odd faces in several selfie shots that appeared on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels.
The raid on Yevgeny Prigozhin's mansion reportedly revealed a wardrobe full of wigs, gold bars, and weapons.