The Chechen President called Ramzan Kadyrov CEO of Tesla Elon Musk To visit Russia, after he was photographed driving a truck Cybertruck Tesla produced a machine gun.
In a video posted on Kadyrov’s Telegram channel, the Chechen strongman is seen driving a steel-clad Cybertruck around calmly before standing at a machine gun mounted in the truck’s bed, wrapped in belts of ammunition.
In an enthusiastic post, Kadyrov, who rules Chechnya, a republic within the Russian Federation, described the car as “without a doubt one of the best cars in the world… I literally fell in love with it.”
In the video, the Chechen president announced that he would donate the vehicle to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine. “It is no coincidence that they called it the cyber monster. I am sure that this monster will bring a lot of benefits to our troops,” he said.
“I don’t think the Russian Foreign Ministry would object to such a trip. Of course, we are waiting for your new developments that will help us finish our special military operation in Ukraine“.
Kadyrov, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged involvement in a string of human rights abuses, said he received the truck from Musk, though that has not been independently confirmed. Tesla did not respond to requests for comment on Kadyrov’s video.