Elon Musk denies report he spoke with Vladimir Putin earlier than tweeting about ‘Peace’ between Russia and Ukraine

Ian Bremmer, head of political-risk consultancy Eurasia Group, wrote in a observe to shoppers on Monday that Musk informed him about not too long ago talking with the Russian president. Bremmer stated that dialog got here earlier than a sequence of Musk tweets urging Ukraine to hunt a negotiated resolution to the invasion by Russia and to cede Crimea for good.

Musk stated in a tweet on Tuesday that he didn’t communicate with Putin concerning the battle, including that such a name can be can be “pointless, as there’s presently no overlap between Russian and Ukrainian calls for – it’s not even shut.”

Bremmer responded on Twitter just a few hours later that Musk informed him he spoke with Putin.

“I write actually with out concern or favor and this week’s replace was no totally different,” Bremmer stated. “I’ve lengthy admired Musk as a singular and world-changing entrepreneur, which I’ve stated publicly. He’s not a geopolitics skilled.”

Minutes later, Musk responded: “No person ought to belief Bremmer.”

Eurasia Group’s weekly observe authored by Bremmer is distributed to 1000’s of particular person and company shoppers, together with macro hedge funds, household workplaces and world firms. The agency dispenses political-risk evaluation gathered by a worldwide community of consultants.

In his most up-to-date observe, Bremmer stated Musk had informed him about two weeks earlier that he’d mentioned with Putin the president’s minimal necessities for ending the battle. These situations, which mirrored the proposals Musk put ahead in his tweets on Oct. 3, included Ukraine ceding Crimea, accepting a proper state of neutrality and recognizing Russia’s annexation of Luhansk and Donetsk. 

The parameters are in keeping with what Russia has repeatedly stated are a few of its calls for for ending the invasion, which started in February.

Musk’s Ukraine tweets are what prompted Bremmer to return ahead, he stated in his observe.

“I wasn’t planning on writing about this,” he wrote. However “it feels vital to jot down about what’s occurring.”

Bremmer didn’t reply to a request for remark. A Eurasia Group spokesman declined to elaborate past the observe.