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Fiona Hill, the Russian expert who previously served on the National Security Council under the Trump administration, said Elon Musk was “conveying a message” to Vladimir Putin when he tweeted a proposal to end the war in Ukraine earlier this month.
In an interview with Politico, Hill noted that Musk did something similar about a possible end to the war at an event in Aspen, Colorado, in September.
The essence of Musk’s proposal is that the Crimean peninsula will have to remain under Russia and that the long-term Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions will have to be negotiated because of their role in supplying water to Crimea.
Ms. Hill said at the point of sale: “The reference to water is that it is obviously a message from Putin. “
He noted that the Russian president “often uses trusted intermediaries, adding all kinds of entrepreneurs. “
“I sent intermediaries to contact me while I was in government,” he told Politico. “It’s fascinating, of course, that it’s Elon Musk in this case because, obviously, Elon Musk has a huge following on Twitter.
Ms. Hill served as NSC’s senior director of European and Russian affairs from 2017 to 2019 and testified in the first impeachment trial against then-President Donald Trump. He is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Earlier this month, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Musk tweeted his proposal to end the standoff in Ukraine in the form of a poll. Another component of the plan called for UN-supervised elections in Ukraine’s four regions annexed to Russia.
Ukrainian and U. S. lawmakers reacted angrily to the proposal, with Ukrainians reiterating their goal of taking back all their illegally annexed territories.
Musk’s ticket garnered more than 2. 7 million responses and ended with 59 percent votes against his plan to 40 percent in favor.
Ian Bremmer, the founder of global political threat control company Eurasia Group, wrote in an email to his fans that Musk told him he had spoken to Putin, who said he was “ready to negotiate” on the condition that Crimea remain in Russian hands.
However, Musk says that this narrative is not true and that he only spoke once with the Russian president, about 18 months ago, and that the topic is spaced out.
Hill believes Musk is being used through Putin and his popularity in Russia is one of the reasons for attacking him.
“Putin plays the ego of wonderful men, it gives them the feeling that they can play a role. But in reality, they are direct transmitters of Vladimir Putin’s messages,” he explained.
During the early stages of the war, Musk was looking hard in Ukraine to keep the country online through his Starlink terminals and services.
After threatening to cancel the service due to high costs, he then subsidized it and reportedly discussed an investment program with the Pentagon.
In reaction to Musk’s vote, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cast another vote asking which other Elon Musk people he likes best: those from Ukraine or those from Russia. Almost 79% of the 2. 4 million respondents opted for the first option.