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Errol Musk Discusses Russian Refugee Plan for 50 South African Farm Families

Russian officials said the plan could resettle about 50 Afrikaner families, while South Africa rejected claims they face persecution.

  • On Tuesday, Errol Musk told AFP he is pursuing a project to provide refugee status in Russia for 50 South African farm families, claiming white Afrikaner farmers face targeted murder.
  • Nearly 5,000 white Afrikaners have entered the United States as refugees since President Donald Trump took office, though South Africa denies the persecution claims underlying both programs.
  • Last week, Aleksandr Avdeyev, governor of the Vladimir region, confirmed discussing the project with Musk on Telegram: "We discussed the development of agriculture and the prospects for settling 50 Dutch-origin families from South Africa."
  • Friedrich von Treskow, a researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, called the plan "puzzling," warning it could create tensions with Pretoria, which has been reluctant to criticize Russia.
  • Pretoria and Moscow have maintained close ties since the Soviet Union supported the African National Congress during anti-apartheid struggles, though Forbidden Stories reported the ANC received "assistance" from Russian influence agents before the 2024 election.
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Errol Musk went to Moscow to plead the cause of Dutch-born farmers who, according to him, were the victims of persecution in South Africa, an initiative directly inspired by Donald Trump.

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Tatăl miliardarului Elon Musk lucrează la un project care vizează acordarea de statut de refugiat în Rusia pentru fermierii sud-africani, a declarat acesta marți pentru AFP, într-o inițiativă similiară cu una a guvernui Statelor Unite. Inițiativa ar urma să relocheze 50 de familii din minoritatea albă afrikaneră, descendenți ai primilor coloniști olandezi, potrivit unui oficial ...

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Musk's father seeking Russian refuge for S.African farmers

The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to provide refugee status in Russia for South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, in a project similar to one by the US government.

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The father of the billionaire in the field of technology Elon Musk is working on a project aimed at agreeing refugee status in Russia with South African farmers,

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KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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