The Russian president praises Starlink and calls Elon Musk a 'genius'.
Vietnam.vn reported: The Russian president praises Starlink and calls Elon Musk a 'genius'.
269 publicly reported Starlink problems in Russia since 2022: outages, prices, disputes and court cases, each linked to its source.
Documented statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies concerning Russia's politics, government, courts or regulators, with the official response.
Vietnam.vn reported: The Russian president praises Starlink and calls Elon Musk a 'genius'.
Raw Story reported: Trump privately raged at Elon Musk amid mounting Starlink backlash: WSJ.
Ukr.net reported: 23 US congressmen urged Trump to ask Musk to expand Starlink permits for Ukraine – this is necessary to search for missile launchers on the territory of the Russian Federation.
After Ukraine's defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked SpaceX to act against Russian use of Starlink, Musk wrote: Looks like the steps we took to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia have worked.
Response: Fedorov wrote that the next step was a system that will allow only authorized terminals to operate on the territory of Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk and Vladimir Putin had been in regular contact since 2022, discussing personal, business and geopolitical matters, and that Putin asked Musk to avoid activating Starlink over Taiwan as a favour to Xi Jinping.
Response: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: It's all untrue, absolutely false information,
acknowledging only one earlier phone call with Musk about space and technology.
Ukraine's military intelligence said Russian units were using Starlink terminals and released audio it attributed to Russian soldiers. Musk wrote that reports of SpaceX selling terminals to Russia were categorically false
and that "To the best of our knowle…
Response: Ukrainian intelligence spokesperson Andriy Yusov said Russian use was becoming systemic.