CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, tweeted about his mortality on Sunday night implying the Russians might be after his head..“If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya,” the billionaire told his 91.7 million followers..He claimed he’d been threatened by a top Russian official over SpaceX’s deployment of Starlink satellites to augment internet connectivity in Ukraine..There have been reports of connectivity problems throughout Ukraine since Russia invaded the country on February 24 prompting calls for Musk to send Starlink to help..Starlink uses satellites to provide high-speed broadband internet around the world..Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, threatened Musk for “supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communications,” and concluded, “For this, Elon, you will be held accountable like an adult — no matter how much you'll play the fool.".A short clip of Musk clowning in front of photographers as he arrived at the Met Gala in New York with his mother last week accompanied Rogozin’s words on Sunday..Maye Musk, Elon’s mother, weighed in on her son’s predicament on Monday, telling him in a tweet that she didn’t much like Musk’s joke about dying a suspicious death..“I will do my best to stay alive,” Musk replied..On Monday, Rogozin responded to Musk. “Nobody needs you. Stop fooling around,” he said, according to a translation. “Today my country celebrates a great day — Victory Day over fascism.”.“After what you did by supplying the means of communication to the Ukrainian Nazis, unfortunately I cannot congratulate you on this holiday. Think, Elon, which side are you on?” he said..In the series of tweets that included photos of Rogozin’s original message in Russian and then translated into English, Musk responded, “The word ‘Nazi’ doesn’t mean what [Rogozin] seems to think it does.”.This is not the first of Rogozin’s spats toward Musk since the war in Ukraine began. Rogozin referred to Musk as a “little devil” after Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “single combat.”
