In a bizarre move, Elon Musk has changed his name on Twitter from Elon to Elona, after his bid to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin received attention from infamous dictator and Russian ally, Ramzan Kadyrov.
For background, Mr Kaydrov is the Head of the Chechen Republic since 2007 and has been accused of gay hate crimes, as well as kidnapping government officials, journalists and citizens. On Monday it was also reported that Mr Kadyrov and his Chechan forces are assisting Russian military near Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv.
It appears Musks’ threat to “challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat” for the fate of Ukraine angered the Chechan leader.
Writing on Telegram, the suspected war criminal said that in order for Musk to beat Mr Putin in a fight he would require immense training.
“Elon Musk, a word of advice: Don’t measure strength against that of Putin’s,” he wrote, in an English translation shared by Musk.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich (Mr Putin’s middle name) will look unsportsmanlike when he beats the hell out of you, a much weaker opponent.”
