could be true to the letter - - but Elon doesn’t speak russian - so he might normally speak to/through an interpreter or other kind of intermediary

Putin is said to speak English although not nearly as well as German. There's not many instances on him speaking English at length aside from some prepared remarks so its hard to judge his exact command.

The one thing I would definitely never do is to believe Elon Musk at his word.

Ok? Everyone will make sure to ask your opinion before trusting others.

Nevermind we were depending on the Russians for space flights before Elon.

Please speculate about more people so I know what to think!

Jacquesm? Marxist? I can do that too.

Well, the Russians weren't attempting to genocide a country/culture at the point that we contracted with the Russians.

False. We were during and after Crimea.

> Well, the Russians weren't attempting to genocide a country/culture at the point that we contracted with the Russians.

Do you really believe that Russia grown to be the biggest country on Earth by playing nice with natives? Or if it suddenly became evil after revolution? Russia destroyed other cultures every time it got an upper hand and was built on blood of mostly other people.

> Do you really believe that Russia grown to be the biggest country on Earth by playing nice with natives?

No, I think they got to be the biggest country on Earth by having land that would support decent population and econonic activity next to Siberia; Canada got to be #2 by pretty much the same method, with a different stretch of marginally useful Arctic and near-Arctic land.

Note the lack of the word "communicated". Aes Sedai style truth.