• Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised Elon Musk, calling the Tesla and SpaceX founder a “talented businessman.”
  • Putin was discussing Russia’s space program after a failed moon landing last month.
  • His comments come after Musk said last week that he refused an emergency request by the Ukrainian government to extend coverage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to Sevastopol in Crimea.
  • @[email protected]
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    191 year ago

    Probably he is doing deliberately to trigger the US government, we bought one of your oligarchs.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      He bought several, if anything this is less about antagonizing the US and more of an open application

    • @sfgifz
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      1 year ago

      He’s even bought their oranges.