Chechen leader drives gun-mounted Tesla truck, invites Musk to Russia
Al Jazeera
Ramzan Kadyrov says Cybertruck will be given to Russian forces fighting in the war in Ukraine.
The leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic has heaped praise on Tesla CEO Elon Musk and invited the billionaire to visit his region after posting a video of himself driving a gun-mounted Cybertruck.
In a video posted on his Telegram channel on Saturday, Ramzan Kadyrov could be seen taking a Cybertruck on a drive in the regional capital Grozny before standing astride a machinegun mounted on the vehicle’s roof.
“I express my sincere gratitude to Elon Musk. This is, of course, the strongest genius of our time and a specialist. A great man,” Kadyrov said in a post accompanying the video.
Kadyrov invited Musk to Grozny, saying he would be received as “my most dear guest”.
“I don’t think the Russian Foreign Ministry would mind such a trip,” he said.
