Then Europe should develop a new, sovereign ballistic missile defense system. Until then, they have no option but to buy whatever is available now.

What are the consensus Email/Drive and VPN privacy focused replacement options?

Tuta seems legit but no bundled VPN service.

The article literally continues by saying that this “close contact” is primarily about avoiding LEO object collisions.

I’m sure these oligarchs are colluding on other shit, but it’s completely disingenuous to try to frame this particular comment as anything other than for operational purposes.