Gen. Sergei Surovikin of Russia, a onetime ally of the Wagner chief who hasn’t been seen publicly since a short-lived mutiny last month, is “taking a rest,” one of the country’s top lawmakers said Wednesday, when pressed by a reporter.

“He is unavailable right now,” the lawmaker, Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian Duma’s defense committee, added in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app before hurrying away from the reporter.

[Color me skeptical, although it’s surprising that Prigozhin is still above room temperature and apparently free at the moment. The NYT earlier reported that Surovikin had “advance knowledge” of the Wagner rebellion, and that he might not be the only major Kremlin figure who did. If Surovikin is really taking a rest, I’d suggest staying away from windows and doorknobs. — Ed]