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   You might have already read it, but Elon Musk has finally disabled the   
   Starlink service for Russia. Why this drastic change of course after almost   
   four years of war?   
      
   Quite simple...   
      
   Elon wants to take SpaceX public, and it's abundantly clear that offering   
   Starlink service to Russia isn't going down well with the majority of   
   Americans and Europeans. If he wants to raise hundreds of billions of dollars   
   for the SpaceX IPO, he needs to avoid any bad publicity.   
      
   So that's why Elon Musk's sudden change of course. All to get richer and gain   
   more power.   
      
   A stroke of luck for Ukraine. A bit late, but precisely because the Russians   
   recently used Starlink on their drones, which they use to attack civilians, it   
   became a publicity problem for Elon Musk.   
      
   In fact, the Russians only have themselves to blame for the fact that he had   
   to intervene.   
      
      
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