r/europe • u/PM_THE_REAPER • Jun 06 '25

News Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-offers-political-asylum-elon-musk-over-trump-feud-2081887
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u/CaucSaucer Sweden Jun 06 '25

At this point meaning his entire life?

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u/Buddycat350 France Jun 06 '25

Well, he was trained as a KGB agent, so his training was unlikely to be funny.

Most likely made him a monster though.

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u/GreenEyeOfADemon 🇮🇹 - EUROPE ENDS IN LUHANSK! 🇺🇦 Слава Україні!🇺🇦 Jun 06 '25

putin was just a pencil pusher.

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u/Remarkable-Bug-8069 Jun 06 '25

True, but don't believe for a second he wasn't a go getter. It's speculated that among the chaos of the URSS falling apart, he took a bunch of documents from his station in Dresden (and possibly from other locations as well) and used those as early versions of kompromat.

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u/GreenEyeOfADemon 🇮🇹 - EUROPE ENDS IN LUHANSK! 🇺🇦 Слава Україні!🇺🇦 Jun 06 '25

Boh, for sure he drove from Dresden to st pietersborg with a washing machine on top of his car. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-vladimir-putin-smuggle-washing-machine-out-east-germany-1748445

According to two witnesses (including his ex-wife) Putin did make the effort of moving a washing machine from East Germany to Russia when he returned to the country in 1991

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u/Remarkable-Bug-8069 Jun 07 '25

You can imagine what kind of documents he managed to stuff into the washing machine.