Sweeney's previous account, @Elonjet regularly tracks Musk's jet, which he had publicly refused to take down even after a direct request from Musk himself. Earlier in January, Musk offered Sweeney $5,000 to take down the account but the teenager refused to settle for anything other than a Tesla.
In his defense, Sweeney isn't doing anything illegal as he is just posting details that are already in the public domain. He clarifies his stance further in a pinned tweet on his Twitter page.
Now, the 19-year-old is using the same method to track jets of Russian tycoons. The Twitter account @RUOligarchJets has over 93,000 followers and has tweeted about planes and helicopters of billionaires like Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov, and Alexander Abramov to name a few, while a separate account called @PutinJet is tracking jets of Vladimir Putin and other VIPs in Russia.
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