JAKARTA – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made another controversial move. Recently the richest man on Earth challenged the duel of the number one man in Russia, President Vladimir Putin. Musk publicly stated the challenge in a Twitter post.

With a mix of English and Russian, Musk declared himself to fight with Putin. The bet of the duel of the two sides is Ukraine.

“I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to a singles fight. The stakes are Ukraine," Musk said on Twitter on March 14, 2022.

The Tesla boss also tagged the Kremlin's official Twitter account in the post and asked for approval for his duel challenge.

“Are you okay with this fight? @KremlinRussia_E”

Because of this challenge, the post got 308,900 likes and has been retweeted 47 thousand times. It didn't stop there, the crypto community also commented on the tweets of Tesla bosses, including Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.

"Of course I wished you a win, but the truth is...", CZ commented with a laughing emoji.

"I've never seen your kong fu video," Zhao added.

Roscosmos Leaders Reply with Pushkin's Poetry Quotes

The chairman of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, also responded to Musk's duel challenge. Rogozin wrote in a Twitter post calling Musk a "little devil." Furthermore, he also stated that serving up Musk's duel challenge is just a waste of time.

“You, little devil, are still young, fighting with me is weak; it would just be a waste of time. Step over my brother first," Rogozin replied to Musk's challenge with a quote from Russian writer Alexander Pushkin's poem The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda.

Musk did not remain silent, he also responded to Rogozin's reply by posting a picture of Putin riding a bear and Musk holding his homemade firearm.

“I know you are a tough negotiator!” Musk replied.


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