“Wall Street Journal” refers to current and former American, European and Russian officials who confirmed Elon Musk's contacts with Vladimir Putin. Regular talks between them were expected to start at the end of 2022. They concerned personal, business and geopolitical topics.
Secret conversations between Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin. “WSJ” reveals the secret
However, it happened that Vladimir Putin asked the billionaire not to activate the Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a “favor” to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. A satellite system called Starlink provides access to high-speed Internet from almost anywhere on Earth.
Musk's contacts with Putin raise national security concerns. After all, the businessman works closely with US military and intelligence agencies. His company SpaceX is a key supplier of technologies, including: for the Pentagon and NASA. Elon Musk he also got involved in Donald Trump's campaign and supports him financially. This gives him access to American military secrets and space programs. Therefore, as “WSJ” describes, the most important people in America who know about the talks Putin with Musk, they should not support them. Musk's contacts with the Kremlin have so far been a closely guarded government secret. Several White House officials allegedly had no idea about them.
Elon Musk has repeatedly denied ties to Russia. “Absurd”
When there are allegations about the billionaire's contacts with the Russian dictator appeared for the first time in 2022, Elon Musk strongly denied them. “I talked to Putin only once and it was about 18 months ago. The topic was space,” he wrote on the X platform. American political scientist Ian Bremmer then claimed that Musk told him about a conversation he had with Putin about the war in Ukraine.
However, Elon Musk did not respond to WSJ's requests for comment. The billionaire has previously denied allegations of being a supporter Russia. He called them “absurd” and emphasized that his companies “have done more to weaken Russia than anything else.”