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Russia’s Putin praises Elon Musk days after Ukraine Starlink controversy

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/13/russias-putin-praises-elon-musk-days-after-ukraine-starlink-controversy

13 Sep 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed tech billionaire Elon Musk as an “outstanding person” and businessman whose SpaceX company has become a key player in the space transportation industry.

Putin’s public praise of Musk on Tuesday comes days after the South African-born and United States-based entrepreneur said he refused a Ukrainian request last year to activate his Starlink satellite communication network in the Russian-annexed Crimean port city of Sevastopol to aid an attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet, saying he feared complicity in a “major” act of war.

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1. Musk had already geofenced the Crimean coast...

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after consultation with Putin and wouldn't turn that off when the Ukrainians asked him to. He said he didn't want to allow a "sneak" attack by the Ukrainians on Russian warships. WARSHIPS, not passenger of grain/cargo ships, WARSHIPS at war with Ukraine.

What the 'effin' fuck? Russia is sneak attacking occupied Ukrainian apartment buildings, train stations, shopping markets everyday in cities all over Ukraine, but Musk apparently sees nothing wrong with those "sneak" attacks.

What a fucked up in the head, Putin/Russian-war-machine- assisting-monster.

This participating in geopolitics by a Russian-favoring, private US citizen has to stop as the is the domain of our federal government agencies.

He's a US citizen now. That's very near to aiding and giving comfort to an enemy of the US — treason, certainly a form of sedition.

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2. Musk would prefer a Putinesque system wherein money is more powerful than elections.