The head of the Chechen Republic has called Elon Musk “effeminate” and said the Tesla titan would be out of his league in hand-to-hand combat against Vladimir Putin.
On Monday, Musk pitched a bizarre offer to fight the Russian president to settle the war in Ukraine.
“Elon Musk, a word of advice. Don’t measure your strength against that of Putin’s. You are in two completely different leagues,” Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov wrote in a lengthy and sarcastic Telegram post.
After dubbing Musk “effeminate,” Kadyrov suggested that the Tesla founder train at the Russian Special Forces University, Akhmat Fight Club and the Chechen State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company to prep for the hypothetical match.
“You will return from the Chechen Republic a completely different person Elona, that is, Elon,” Kadyrov wrote, using the female version of Musk’s name.
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Musk, 50, the world’s richest man, challenged Putin, 69, to “single combat” on Twitter.
“Stakes are Ukraine,” Musk wrote.
A Kremlin official responded by calling Musk a “weakling” and “little devil.”
Ukraine’s vice prime minister asked the SpaceX CEO to “send Putin to Jupiter.”
Putin, a martial arts enthusiast, has been suspended as honorary president of the International Judo Federation over his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
