Occam's Razor seems to point to the cosmonaunt, no? It's likely Musk talked to the astronauts before the launch, and he probably couldn't have resisted chatting

Occam's Razor seems to point to the cosmonaunt, no? It's likely Musk talked to the astronauts before the launch, and he probably couldn't have resisted chatting about Ukraine with the cosmonaut, who was no doubt greenlighted by the Kremlin to give cool-headed and rational explanation of Russia's position to someone who probably wasn't deeply versed in the opposing position. It also matches with Musk's denials. In essence, he would have been talking with Putin without actually talking with Putin.