প্রকাশ: 15/03/2022
Put up your dukes, Vlad.
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, on Monday (Mar 14)
challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a fight, with nothing less than
the fate of Ukraine, scene of Moscow's invasion, at stake.
The eccentric billionaire and founder of aerospace company SpaceX
took to Twitter, where his messages are notoriously erratic, to see whether the
Russian leader would test his mettle in person rather than through his
country's forces.
"I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat.
Stakes are Ukraine," said Musk.
"Do you accept this fight?" he added in Russian,
directly addressing the official English-language Twitter account of the
69-year-old president.
When one of Musk's 77 million followers wrote that the Tesla
founder might not have thought his challenge through, Musk said he was
"absolutely serious".
"If Putin could so easily humiliate the west, then he
would accept the challenge. But he will not," he added.
There was no immediate reaction from the Kremlin, but Chechen
leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted a mocking response on Telegram, saying:
"Elon Musk: I wouldn't advise you to test your strength against
Putin."
"Your weight categories are too different," said Kadyrov.
The South African-born Musk, 50, had already offered his
support for Kyiv, tweeting "Hold strong Ukraine" this month while
also offering "my sympathies to the great people of Russia, who do not
want this" war.
He also responded to a Kyiv plea by activating the Starlink
internet service in Ukraine and sending equipment to help bring connectivity to
areas hit by Russian military attacks.
Musk often raises eyebrows on Twitter. In February, he
accused the US stock market regulator, which had imposed fines and restrictions
on Musk and Tesla, of trying to muzzle his free speech.
And he compared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to
Adolf Hitler in a message supporting opponents of COVID-19 restrictions.
He later deleted the post.
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