Photos Of Russian Mutiny Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin In Bizarre Disguises Found At His Apartment

Pictures of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin wearing a set of outlandish disguises have leaked and circulated across Russian media. The images were reportedly found during a Federal Security Service (FSB) raid of one of his properties in St. Petersburg.

The photos were spread by pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and broadcast on state-run TV. The pictures reveal many of Prigozhin’s disguises, using wigs, beards, glasses and uniforms. Reports concluded that in one photo, Prigozhin was impersonating a diplomatic aide from Abu Dhabi. In another, he appeared as a staffer from Sudan’s Defense Ministry.

Many speculate that this reporting is an attempt to reverse previous media approval of Prigozhin and his Wagner Group. The private military company received positive coverage from some sources following an unchallenged mutiny where its mercenaries came within 120 miles of Moscow. The uprising was a humbling event for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was made to appear weak.

Prigozhin stated that his actions were a protest instead of a coup attempt. He abandoned the “march for justice” and went into exile in Belarus in order to not be charged. But on Thursday, July 6, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the Wagner boss was not in Belarus, explaining that he was allowed to go wherever he wanted in Russia without incident and was most likely in his home in St. Petersburg.

The Kremlin asserted that it had “neither the opportunity nor the desire” to track Prigozhin’s location, suggesting that the banishment may have been just for appearance.