According to a former FBI agent, Russia's top military intelligence organization targeted Elon Musk by taking advantage of the billionaire's purported propensity for drugs, sex, and a luxury lifestyle. According to reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the operation.
Jonathan Buma, a 16-year veteran of the counterintelligence service, told German station ZDF, "They would not have done so if Putin had not personally known about the action and approved it."
According to him, the GRU, a Russian intelligence agency, aggressively conducted special operations to sway prominent Silicon Valley personalities like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, a venture investor. Among the strategies was the collection of potentially blackmail-worthy compromising material.
"Musk's susceptibility to promiscuous women and drug use, particularly ketamine, were seen by Russian intelligence as an opportunity for an agent to exploit," Buma stated in the film.
"There's a vast amount of evidence to support this fact," he stated. "There is absolutely evidence for it."
Buma further asserted that Russian security services viewed Musk's involvement in gambling, adult entertainment, and desert rave scenes like Burning Man as possible avenues of access to the billionaire.
"It wasn't just the GRU acting alone," Buma said. He said that the approach to Musk and Thiel was orchestrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. "The envoys sent to contact both offered direct contact with Putin," Buma stated.
The ZDF documentary's assertions were made by Buma, who was detained in march and accused of one crime of "Disclosure of Confidential Information" for giving a publishing company access to classified material. At the moment, he is free on $100,000 bail.
Over time, Elon Musk's position on ukraine has changed. He provided the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a complimentary subscription to his Starlink satellite service in 2022. However, as he sided with US President Donald Trump, he later threatened to withdraw the backing and by 2024 had grown more hostile of Kyiv. He currently serves as the President's adviser.
Jonathan Buma, a 16-year veteran of the counterintelligence service, told German station ZDF, "They would not have done so if Putin had not personally known about the action and approved it."
According to him, the GRU, a Russian intelligence agency, aggressively conducted special operations to sway prominent Silicon Valley personalities like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, a venture investor. Among the strategies was the collection of potentially blackmail-worthy compromising material.
"Musk's susceptibility to promiscuous women and drug use, particularly ketamine, were seen by Russian intelligence as an opportunity for an agent to exploit," Buma stated in the film.
"There's a vast amount of evidence to support this fact," he stated. "There is absolutely evidence for it."
Buma further asserted that Russian security services viewed Musk's involvement in gambling, adult entertainment, and desert rave scenes like Burning Man as possible avenues of access to the billionaire.
"It wasn't just the GRU acting alone," Buma said. He said that the approach to Musk and Thiel was orchestrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. "The envoys sent to contact both offered direct contact with Putin," Buma stated.
The ZDF documentary's assertions were made by Buma, who was detained in march and accused of one crime of "Disclosure of Confidential Information" for giving a publishing company access to classified material. At the moment, he is free on $100,000 bail.
Over time, Elon Musk's position on ukraine has changed. He provided the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a complimentary subscription to his Starlink satellite service in 2022. However, as he sided with US President Donald Trump, he later threatened to withdraw the backing and by 2024 had grown more hostile of Kyiv. He currently serves as the President's adviser.
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