Despite sanctions, there seems to be no dearth of Tesla cars in Russia. As Tesla disabled his truck, the Chechen boss pulled out 2 more from his garage. Ramzan Kadyrov showed the two Tesla trucks with guns mounted on them. Chechens were seen training, hitting aerial targets with machine guns. The video showed men in military gear firing from the roofs of the trucks. In August, Kadyrov drove through a square in the Grozny capital of Chechnya.
Later, Kadyrov accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of disabling his Cybertruck. But Kadyrov said remotely disabling the trucks didn't affect their performance. Trucks in great demand in Russia, give us mobility & safety: Kadyrov. Cybertruck works normally without any failure on the ground: Chechen boss. Kadyrov had praised the truck because of its performance in the war zone. In past Kadyrov called Musk a genius and invited Tesla CEO to Grozny.
Musk denied that he gifted Chechnya’s strongman a cybertruck. ‘Are you… so retarded that you think I donated the truck to a Russian general?’: Musk said. The Chechen warlord, who is close to Putin, is fighting against Ukraine.