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Musk has been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022, - The Wall Street Journal
The publication, citing its own sources among current and former US, European and Russian officials, writes that in private conversations they discussed personal topics, business and geopolitics, which worries the US presidential administration, since Musk may have access to certain classified information.
In October 2022, Musk publicly stated that he had only spoken to Putin once and said that it was a conversation about space around April 2021. However, after 2022, Musk also spoke with several high-ranking Russian officials, including Putin's chief of staff Sergei Kiriyenko. It is unclear what their conversation was about.
Two WSJ sources also noted that Putin allegedly once asked Musk not to activate Starlink satellite communications terminals over Taiwan in order to "do a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping."
The publication notes that after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US and its allies have reduced or completely stopped contacts with Putin, so his conversations with Musk may signal the resumption of contacts with the Russian dictator and a desire to resolve "major differences," as Trump, whom Musk recently supported in his election campaign, has repeatedly said.
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