A video that has now been released is said to show the leader of the Russian mercenary organization Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in Africa just days before his death fueling speculation about his health and possible threats to his security.

“For those debating whether I’m alive or dead, how I’m doing–it’s the weekend now, the second half of August 2023, I am in Africa,” Prigozhin says in the short video posted by the Gray Zone Telegram channel, which is affiliated with the Wagner organization.

“So for those who like to talk about my annihilation or my private life, how much money I make or whatever, that’s fine,” Prigozhin adds with a wave of his hand.

Reuters was unable to ascertain the location or date of the videowhich was taken from inside a moving vehicle.

The camouflage uniform and hat worn by Prigozhin as well as the watch on his right hand match his appearance in a video released on August 21 that also claims to have been taken in Africa.

Prigozhin’s reference to a “weekend” suggests that the latest video must have been taken on August 19 or 20, just three or four days before the August 23 plane crash north of Moscow in which he and others high-ranking officials of his organization and his bodyguards were killed.

The comments he makes in the video show that Prigozhin was aware that his life was in danger.

Wagner’s forces fought for Russia in the Ukraine war, but he himself strongly criticized the Russian Defense establishment and led a failed mutiny in late June.

The Kremlin has dismissed as an “absolute lie” the claim that President Vladimir Putin ordered Prigozhin’s death in revengebut clarified that the investigation into the circumstances of the crash will also examine the possibility of sabotage.

Prigozhin was buried at the Porokofkoge cemetery in his hometown of St. Petersburg on Tuesday.