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

Users shared the purported photo of the tech billionaire, also an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, in March 2025.

Vladimir Putin has heaped praise on tech tycoon Elon Musk with a glowing comparison to a hero of the Soviet space age. The ...

Know Your Meme, a website chronicling the history of various online memes, titled the image as "Elon Musk Shirtless Harkonnen Photo." The title referenced either the House Harkonnen people or Baron ...