Chechen warlord tells Elon Musk he will 'help him train' for duel with Vladimir Putin

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Elon Musk for a fight against Vladimir Putin.Tech billionaire Musk laid down a challenge to the Russian leader on Tuesday (16 March) for a one-on-one battle for the future of Ukraine, in an audacious bid to end the invasion.

But Ramzan Kadyrov, an ally of Putin's and head of the semi-autonomous Chechen Republic, has since joked that the SpaceX boss would be up against it if he ever did manage to meet up with his new foe — and said his only chance would be if he came to him for training.Kadyrov has been accused of multiple atrocities in his 15-year reign as head of the region, including mass murder and violent oppression of gay people.He is also an avid social media user, and is well-known for his bizarre Instagram feed which combines displays of macho military action with cute images of him petting cats.In a lengthy Telegram post firing his warning at Musk, he joked: "Elon Musk, I would not advise you to compete with Putin.

Too different weight categories."And it's not even about martial arts or, for example, judo. How do you imagine it? You are in the red corner of the ring - a businessman and a twitter blogger."Vladimir will look unsportsmanlike when he beats a weaker opponent."Kadyrov then followed this up with the surprising proposal to bring him in to his intense army boot camp, giving details of the kind of training he could expect over in Chechnya.The first round of training would see Elon fly to the Russian University of Special Forces, where he would "undergo fire training" from "world champion" special forces teams.He would then be sent for a bruising session with Kadyrov's former personal bodyguard and deputy prime minister, Abuzayed Vismuradov, who would teach him "how to take a hit".Another gruelling class.