Russia doesn't pay people for that sort of thing, especially not a person like Musk. Instead they extort. Possibly over rare materials.
Anyway I don't think Russia was part of Musks takeover of twitter, that stemmed from Musks own arrogant stupidity, but they certainly did become one afterwards.
I was going to edit my comment to include blackmail / kompromat as well, which in the end I do find to be more likely.
I just want to know how much Russia paid Musk to buy Twitter.
Billions of the funding to purchase came from members ofthe lovely ruling family of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
You know, the guys who gave Jared kushner 2 billion for... some reason. And who TFG absolutely adores.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/10/31/saudi-prince-alwaleed-becomes-twitters-second-largest-shareholder
Did I miss something? What's the connection between Russia and Musk?
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-peddling-putin-propaganda-ukraine-crimea-1234612343/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-21/musk-told-pentagon-staff-he-spoke-to-putin-before-starlink-call
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/13/russias-putin-praises-elon-musk-days-after-ukraine-starlink-controversy
Etc
Russia doesn't pay people for that sort of thing, especially not a person like Musk. Instead they extort. Possibly over rare materials.
Anyway I don't think Russia was part of Musks takeover of twitter, that stemmed from Musks own arrogant stupidity, but they certainly did become one afterwards.
I was going to edit my comment to include blackmail / kompromat as well, which in the end I do find to be more likely.
I think Putin just flattered Musk and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.