The Chechen warlord — an best friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin — posted a video of himself using the car, which used to be fitted with a gun turret, across the grounds of his presidential palace.
At one level within the video, a grinning Kadyrov, dressed in a black hood and draped in an ammo belt, stands at the back of the gun turret bolted to the roof of the car.
He mentioned that the auto would “quickly be despatched” to the battlefield in Ukraine. “I’m positive that this ‘beast’ will likely be of significant use to our squaddies,” Kadyrov added.
Kadyrov thanked Tesla proprietor Musk and prolonged a call for participation to the billionaire to come back to Russia.
“Elon, thanks! Come to Grozny, I can obtain you as my most valuable visitor!” he mentioned.
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