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4th March 2022

Teen Who Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet Now Tracking Russian Oligarchs

Matti Blume/Futurism

“The aircrafts these oligarchs have are absolutely crazy.”

Plane Spotting

Remember the teenager who tried to get Elon Musk to pay him $50,000 to stop tracking his private plane flights? Well, he’s at it again. And this time, he’s set his all-seeing sights on Russian oligarchs. 

Jack Sweeney, the 19-year-old flight stalker who yeeted himself to 15 minutes of fame for stalking the Tesla CEO, has created new Twitter accounts that track the movements of Russian billionaires — including Russia’s president Vladimir Putin. This all comes on the heels of Moscow’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.  

You Can’t Hide

If you want to keep tabs on which private island these billionaires are escaping to in the wake of devastating economic backlash against Russia, you can head on over to @RUOligarchJets or @PutinJet on Twitter. 

The accounts track the helicopters, private jets, and massive commercial-sized airplanes of the country’s ultra-wealthy, such as Vladimir Potanin, Russia’s richest man; Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea football club; and Alexander Abramov, a steel magnate; and, of course, President Putin, Bloomberg reports.

In all, the accounts track more than 40 airplanes connected to the country’s wealthiest individuals. 

“The aircrafts these oligarchs have are absolutely crazy,” Sweeney told Bloomberg. “Their planes are huge compared to other jets.”

So yeah, it turns out the kid who tried to squeeze Musk gets some more time in the spotlight. While his actions certainly bring up questions of privacy and security for the likes of Musk, what he’s doing against the ultra-wealthy of Russia seems pretty defensible — especially in light of the invasion of Ukraine.

READ MORE: Teen Who Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet Is Now Chasing Russian Tycoons [Bloomberg]

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Fred is in awe of Jack Sweeney but he knows there are many out there who can make their computers “talk” ie they are so clever but not really participants of the rather boring traditional world of 9 to 5 at the office, working for others. These are the digital creatives and it is now we need them to help out our fellow Europeans, soon to join the EU, if not NATO; the reason that Putin, Dictator, protests so loud that this is the cause of him having to invade the country called Ukraine. Digital creatives please come forth and help others to help Ukrainian people, a population of over 40 million, who are being slaughtered by part of the Military Industrial Complex that has nuclear arms, and who has potential allies in Pakistan, India, China. Food, Energy (Gas/Oil) and Commodities are very important for a world to survive and then add that Russia has supplied the world with arms, just think of Northern Ireland, the Kalashnikov weapons and their source. Russia and Ukraine … are the breadbaskets but Russia looks at its Sibling and says I want more Ukraine is MINE.