My comment in the other thread:
It was missing most of one wing on the way down. Also pretty typical aftermath of a missile hit.
The obvious question now is whether Prigo has 9 lives or only 8. As @Fiendish_Astronaut says just above, the Russian government claims the passenger manifest included Prigo. That much may well be true. But was he among the actual passengers? Certainly possible, but not certain. Yet.
Did he slip away to a secret hideaway for the rest of his long life? Or was he spirited away to the Lubyanka for the rest of his short but exceedingly unpleasant life? Or was he smashed to bits when that plane hit the ground?