Elon Musk shares video from sanctioned state media of Russian delegation’s arrival, calls them ‘competent leadership’
Trump advisor and billionaire Elon Musk commented on the arrival of Russian officials in Riyadh for preparatory talks on Ukraine.
“This is what competent leadership looks like,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X, attaching a video of the Russian delegation’s arrival, filmed by the state-run outlets RIA Novosti and VGTRK. Both RIA Novosti’s parent agency, Rossiya Segodnya, and VGTRK are under U.S. sanctions.
On February 17, members of the Russian delegation arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to lay the groundwork for U.S.-Russia negotiations. Among them was Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, who has already held initial meetings with members of Trump’s team. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov are also set to take part in the talks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on February 17 that Kyiv was not aware of the negotiations in Saudi Arabia, would not participate, and would not recognize any of their outcomes.
