{"id":"592f9ebf-868e-44e5-8571-93e43b704c56","url":"https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6179862-putin-praises-elon-musk/","domain":"thehill.com","outlet":{"name":"The Hill","country":"US","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"Putin: Russia in ‘close contact’ with ‘genius’ Musk over satellite networks","plainHeadline":"Russia is in close contact with Elon Musk over satellite internet networks.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":[],"topics":["Science","Space","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T23:18:17.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-28T23:54:40.150Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/36f22ac6-4253-41eb-9c59-8ad905804d05","storyId":"36f22ac6-4253-41eb-9c59-8ad905804d05","image":"https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/AP26299395697836-e1793113747452.jpg?w=900","author":"Finya Swai","dek":"Russian President Vladimir Putin praised SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as a “genius” Wednesday while revealing that Russia has been in contact with the billionaire as the country works to develop a rival satellite internet network."}