(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 25, 2024 shows SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looking during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attending the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. Elon Musk, the world's richest man and an avid supporter of Donald Trump, was plunged into new controversy on October 25, 2024 after a report that he is in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alain JOCARD and Alexander NEMENOV / various sources / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARDALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)