Swelling does not turn grey hair black, does not change the arch of an eyebrow to a broken angle or make the hair line move to a new arc.
The way a man holds his eyes is also unique, this new guy holds his eyes closed in a linear squint, the other guy is a relaxed oval.
Look at his ears, the new guy ears sit out farther from his head in a parallel, in the before picture the ears are a rounded arc closer to the head. Swelling would have accentuated the arc not made them flatter, yet stick out further.
Nope, this is a plant and a poor one to boot. He fails on at least 4 basic biometric lines. This guy is not even close. I give the GRU a D-, but time is short on this one. Hell all the "intelligence" services are bozos now a days.
Give them a few months for some real surgery and I am sure he will look much better. After the swelling goes down...