BRICS: Vladimir Putin Calls for Russia to Partner With Elon Musk

BRICS Member Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is calling for the state to spouse with Elon Musk, according to Deputy CEO of Gazprombank Dmitry Zauers. The Russian Bank’s CEO says that Putin spoke to him astir joining forces with Musk to beforehand the country’s exertion development.

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“Join forces with Musk,” Putin reportedly told Zauers. “When helium is finished reforming administrative agencies successful the US, helium volition get backmost spell backmost to science. You should enactment with him. We are already negotiating to enactment unneurotic successful space, we tin collaborate successful this sphere also,” the Russian person added.

Zauers says helium told the Russian President astir domestically produced batteries utilized successful aerospace applications and neurochips. They are “our reply to Elon Musk,” the banker said, arsenic Musk is simply a elephantine successful the tech manufacture himself. However, Putin wants to spouse with the Tesla and SpaceX founder, not rival him.

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Putin and Russia person explored respective moving relationships with the US and US representatives successful the past fewer months since Donald Trump’s statesmanlike nomination. Recent reports uncover that Russia is present eyeing deals with the Trump medication to prevention its system from collapsing.

Indeed, the 2 countries discussed imaginable practice connected vigor projects successful the Arctic during a gathering successful Saudi Arabia. Kirill Dmitriev, the caput of the state-owned Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) confirmed that some sides negotiated immoderate “specific areas of cooperation” and besides discussed different economical policies successful wide strokes.

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Elon Musk has yet to remark connected the reported petition by Russia’s Vladimir Putin. While Donald Trump works to conflict BRICS, the DOGE section person has antecedently been successful interaction with the Russian President. It’s unclear if Musk would judge specified a partnership, arsenic he’s antecedently said Russia “can’t spend me.”