Producer Prigozhin Plans to Change Last Name and 'Use' His Wife's Surname

Yosef Prigozhin intends to change his last name following the operations of the 'Wagner' military group, as many have confused him with the group's leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The producer explained his decision.

"I have 9,000 phone numbers stored in my phone. Can you imagine how many memes I have received?" Prigozhin said to KP.RU.

He shared that, fortunately, he has not received any threats, only jokes. "I am a person from the entertainment industry and I understand well that such memes alleviate the overall emotional state, somehow diffusing the news background. In general, I love my last name and don't want to part with it. So, I might become, for example, Perfilov-Prigozhin (the first part is Valeria's last name). Perhaps this will help me a bit..."