tiagong the “prigo” who met putin in moscow was a double. intell sources claimed the real prigo is already minced meat.
It is not so easy to use a 'double' as portrayed in movies.
1. Even in this age of Artificial Intelligence, AI can't mimic the MANNERISMS of an individual in a video, nor a 'double' in person. The way one greets, smile, BODY LANGUAGE, will give away the real from the fake in person & even in video. Those whom are close to him, especially his family & his organization that had work closely with him will know & spread the word.
2. It had been reported that PrezPutin will take over the Wagner group. If so, there would be a huge staff turnover within the org, from HQ to its regional offices. Prigozhin would have ensured only those loyal to him, known to him for years, would be promoted, & for sure after the rebellion, PrezPutin would NOT want those in mgmt loyal to Prigozhin to be around - from the CFO, accountants, legal team right down to even office clerks. Such would be clues to IF PrezPutin had taken over.
3. The Wagner group works just like any other Multi-National Corporation, with Hierarchy Structures in management, & at the top, the one who 'signs' the cheques for salaries or compensation is Prigozhin. Only he has the official 'signature' or any other 'verification codes' to authorize the release of such funds. Should he be dead, NO funds will be release by banks, even RUS banks, & for sure, his 'double' will never know such codes.
Signature & authorization for release of bank funds can be over-ridden for National Security purposes, furthermore, RUS under the current govt is far from being an exact Rule of Law nation. Worse, should PrezPutin had taken over the Wagner group, such funds for that org will come directly from the RUS budget.
Although its parliament - the Duma - is nothing more than a rubber stamping legislative, PrezPutin close advisors will balk at the huge funds spent for the Wagner group, more so when the RUS economy is close to collapse. If they had agreed to such expenses, the RUS govt would had offered the SAME deal long ago to the mercenaries, which both the mercenaries & the RUS govt disagreed that was a major cause of the rebellion.
The point is - is Prigozhin alive today or dead? Only thru meticulous research, shifting thru clues, will one knows at least within a few weeks. Regardless if Prigozhin is dead or alive,
another will take his place, to rule over barbaric savage mercenaries, which is 'playing with fire', that the gulf nations fortunately realized not too late. with ISIS.
The RUS govt is in a mess right now. The brutal UKR invasion by RUS had failed by its failure to
conquer UKR within 3 mths. With such delusions that it can still win victory,
came the consequences in socio-economic & military disorder. There is a Chinese saying with such attempts - ten burning & spilling fire urns but only 9 covers to put out the fire. In this case of RUS invasion, sadly, it is more like only one cover to put out ten burning spilling fire urns.....