‘Elon Musk is in regular contact with President Putin’

According to the sources, the two would discuss geopolitical tensions, business and personal topics. Musk already announced on X that he spoke with Putin once, but it seems now that conversations between the two will happen more often.

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Musk is the richest man in the world and is a strong supporter of US presidential candidate Donald Trump. Musk recently came under fire for giving millions of euros to people who register to vote. That is possibly illegal.

In addition, Musk, with his company SpaceX, is an important partner of the American space agency NASA and the American army.

In his role as CEO of SpaceX, Musk has access to some American state secrets. There is according to the WSJ Some in the US fear that talks between Musk and Putin could lead to security risks for the Americans, although there are no strong indications for this at the moment. “We do not comment on individual security clearances,” a US defense spokesman said in a statement.

Starlink

The newspaper writes that, in one of the conversations, Putin asked Musk not to use the Starlink satellite system, which can provide internet, in Taiwan. According to two sources, that request would be a gesture towards Chinese President Xi Jinping. China still considers Taiwan a renegade province.

A Kremlin spokesman confirms that Putin and Musk had a one-time conversation. They are said to have discussed topics related to the location over the phone. The spokesperson denies that there is regular communication between the president and the CEO of SpaceX. “This is false, completely false, Putin spoke to Musk once on the phone about future technologies and that was before 2022,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

Elon Musk refuses to comment on his relationship with the Russian president.