Hehehe That's Putin speak for "usefull idiot"

Putler trying to jump in Musk's panties. He could invite him to one of his most wild parties.

he knows how to get favors from the musk

It is annoying because he employs a lot of smart people, but he rakes the credit

He knows that like Trump, flattery and/or kompromat get you full access to a fool.

I mean I kinda partly agree. Who else could demonstrate a new car that, in the event of a small failure will kill you and people in a small blast radius around you instantly; sell a reservation for it for so much that 80% of americans couldnt afford it if they wanted to AND put a clause in it that states that a reservation doesn't guarantee delivery, after a long history of not delivering promises going back over a decade?
He knows who he's selling to, and what to say to get them to buy his vaporjunk. And he does all this on top of erasing the names of the people actually accomplishing the stuff he's boasting about from history.

Genius doesn't imply being a good person, right...

And he shall remain as long as Musk turns off Starlink before he attacks Ukraine.

Ukraine really needs a custom crafted solution to their networking issues. Relying on corporate beneficence is not a long term solution.