JAKARTA - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing it with Sergei Korolev, the chief technician behind the success of the Soviet Union's space in the 1950s and 1960s.
Russian news agency TASS quoted Putin, who spoke of Russia's space policy in a meeting with students.
"You know, there is someone who lives in the United States, you could say he's really crazy about Mars," Putin said.
The news quoted his remarks when comparing Musk with Sergei Korolev, a Soviet engineer who played an important role in the success of the Soviet Union sending Yuri Gagarin on the world's first manned space flight in 1961.
"Such people rarely appear in human populations, which are burdened with certain ideas. While it may seem amazing to me right now, after some time such ideas often materialize," continued Putin.
Putin previously praised Elon Musk, whose business interests include space technology company SpaceX, as an "extraordinary person".
Musk, US President Donald Trump's top adviser, has been increasingly vocal in his criticism of Ukraine, which has been at war against Russia since 2022, when the Kremlin ordered tens of thousands of troops to its neighboring territories.
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