Nonilex<p>In Oct 2022, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a> said publicly that he had spoken only once to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a>. He said on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>X</span></a> that the conversation was about space, &amp; that it occurred around April 2021.</p><p>But more conversations have followed, including dialogues w/other high-ranking Russian ofcls past 2022 &amp; into this year. One of the ofcls was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SergeiKiriyenko" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SergeiKiriyenko</span></a>, Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, 2 of the ofcls said. What the 2 talked about isn’t clear.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>totalitarianism</span></a></p>