The Kremlin on Monday called "
interesting
" the proposal of the richest man in the world Elon Musk to converse with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the audio social network Clubhouse.
Head of high-end electric vehicle maker Tesla and US aerospace company SpaceX, Elon Musk put forward the idea the day before on Twitter: “
Would you like to join me for a conversation on Clubhouse?
He wrote, tagging the official Kremlin account in English.
“
It would be a great honor for me to speak to you
,” added the whimsical billionaire in Russian.
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Asked Monday by the press, the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, qualified this proposal of “
very interesting
”.
"
But we must first understand what that means, what is proposed concretely (...), before reacting to it
", he indicated, while recalling that Vladimir Poutine "
does not use not social networks
”.
The Clubhouse social network is an audio lounge platform currently available by invitation.
This proposal by Elon Musk comes as his company SpaceX sent four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) last November, thereby consecrating Russia's loss of the monopoly on access to space it had held. for nine years.
Colonize Mars
SpaceX's Dragon capsule has become the second device currently capable of reaching the ISS, along with the Russian Soyuz, which has since 2011 transported all visitors to the station, after the shutdown of American shuttles.
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But the Russian space sector is losing momentum due to corruption scandals, a lack of innovation and new science projects.
Space X is an increasingly important player in these fields.
Musk, 49, with a fortune of over $ 180 billion, has the ambition to colonize Mars but is also active in sectors such as cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.
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