There is an independent confirmation now: Russian journos from a mostly-Kremlin-independent publication spoke to people from the village where Chepiga was born

There is an independent confirmation now: Russian journos from a mostly-Kremlin-independent publication spoke to people from the village where Chepiga was born [1]. They say it's him. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3753339 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3753339 (in Russian, use Google Translate)