Errol Musk, the father of American billionaire Elon Musk, has arrived in Moscow to participate in the Future 2050 Forum, a pro-Kremlin event scheduled for June 9-10, Russian newspaper Kommersant reports.
The reporting comes amid a high-profile public conflict between Elon Musk, the world's richest businessman, and his former ally, US President Donald Trump.
In May, Musk announced that he would resign as an advisor to Trump and as the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Since then, he has emerged as a major critic of the American president.
The pro-Kremlin event will be organized by the Tsargrad Institute and will be led by Russian far-right ideologue Alexander Dugin.
"I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. As far as I know, Russians are among the most intelligent people on the planet. It would be foolish not to ask their opinion on all sorts of issues," Errol Musk was quoted as saying by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Among the forum's panels are sessions titled "Russian Space: The Race to Mars" and "The Battle for Hearts and Minds: The Ideology of Sovereign Russia."
According to Kommersant, scheduled speakers include Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, oligarch Konstantin Malofeev and prominent state television presenter Ekaterina Andreeva.
Errol Musk, a former South African businessman and politician, has publicly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him "a strong leader" and saying "it would be foolish not to admire Putin" in an April interview with BBC Russia.
Dmitry Novikov, deputy chairman of the Russian parliament's international affairs committee, said on June 6 that Moscow is ready to grant Musk political asylum following his public disagreement with US President Donald Trump.