DNA testing is expected to provide the final say on whether the mercenary boss is among the charred bodies in a Tver morgue.
  • Alien Nathan EdwardEnglish
    71•2 years ago

    Pretty weak form of identification. Would be much more certain if the body had something Prigozhin is known to have rather than the body lacking something Prigozhin is known to lack.

    Still, I think we all kinda knew he was dead the moment he was like “Actually instead of instigating a civil war in Russia I’m going to take this very generous deal they offered me where my treachery sees almost no repercussions whatsoever.”

  • TigrisMorte
    52•2 years ago

    Isn’t that how they knew Peter Pettigrew was dead as well? Remember how accurate that was.

  • BarqsHasBiteEnglish
    22•2 years ago

    He was identified by a missing part of his finger on his left hand, an injury suffered while he served time in a penal colony decades ago

    I’ve seen this movie.

  • @Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.caEnglish
    19•2 years ago

    He seems like the sort of person who might keep a stack of bodies with the appropriate missing finger in the freezer for reasons.

  • OverzeetopEnglish
    13•2 years ago

    You want a finger? I can get you a finger. It’s not his, Dude.

      • The BartoEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        I’ll get you one in 5 minutes, might be a little bit wet still tho, but it’s the freshest finger this side of Moscow.

  • AgamemnonEnglish
    9•2 years ago

    Everyone should be aware that the final say is provided by Putin. And is a foregone conclusion - for purely tactical and propaganda reasons, the official version will be that Prigozhin is dead. And nobody will contest that - least of all Prigozhin himself.

  • @Jode@midwest.socialEnglish
    5•2 years ago

    It’s not like it would be completely unheard of to lose a finger after being in a small jet that got hit by a missile that then hurtled 30k ft to the ground and exploded.