Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63
Bingo. See also Trump. Flattery, power, ego, money. Putin has always operated on this gray level, which is above state to state, and he has often been confused by national interests in democratic nations overriding those back channels. https://t.co/Zw8fGr0fSI — PolitiTweet.org
Laura Rozen @lrozen
🧵 Hill sees Putin trying to get the West to accede to his aims by using messengers like billionaire Elon Musk to pr… https://t.co/2tn3iFOeUS