A report prepared in the USA claimed that technology billionaire Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the last two years. It was reported that the meetings between the two ranged from personal matters to geopolitics. The alleged meetings between the billionaire and the Russian leader could have major security implications in the USA.
According to a resounding report in the USA, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and at the center of Republican candidate Donald Trump’s election campaign, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the last two years. The Wall Street Journal, citing US, European and Russian officials, reported that the talks between the two ranged from personal matters to geopolitics.
EVEN THE WHITE HOUSE IS unaware of the meetings The report stated that the scope of Musk’s contacts with Putin were kept top secret, and that even some officials in incumbent President Joe Biden’s White House were unaware of the meetings. Following the sensational news, the implications of a secret communication channel between Musk and Putin for the security of Western governments became a topic of discussion.
THE KREMLIN DENIED THE MEETINGS Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that the Kremlin’s only communication with Musk was a single phone call in which he and Putin discussed “space and future technologies.” Peskov emphasized that neither Putin nor Kremlin officials hold regular meetings with Musk. However, the WSJ report said that the talks with senior Russian officials lasted from 2022 to this year and included Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, Sergey Kiriyenko.
MUSK’S CRITICAL ROLE IN THE US Tesla CEO Musk is a key player in the US space program and has a high-level security clearance. His company, SpaceX, launches US national security satellites, while his Starlink satellite communications system is critical to the war in Ukraine. Musk could also play a major role in a new US administration if Trump is elected on November 5.
