"It is not often that such people, charged with a certain idea, appear in the human population," Putin said of Musk.

Putin spoke about the success of SpaceX later that week. “As far as private business and Elon Musk is concerned... he is undoubtedly an outstanding person,” he said. “This must be recognized ...

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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing him to Sergei Korolev, the chief engineer behind the Soviet Union's space success in the 1950s and 1960s ...

Putin has previously praised Musk, whose business interests include the SpaceX space technology company, as "an outstanding person".