The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that American journalist Tucker Carlson conducted an interview with Vladimir Putin, the first since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The former Fox News employee, known for his pro-Russian views, said in a post on the X website. “Americans are ignorant”, hence the idea of talking to the Russian dictator.
From Wednesday to Thursday night, the journalist announced that he will publish the interview with Putin on Thursday, February 9. 6pm Eastern US time, which is midnight Polish time Thursday through Friday.
Announcement of an interview with Vladimir Putin
In a post on the X website, Tucker announced that he was in Moscow on Tuesday and arrived there with his own money. He thought long and hard about the idea of interviewing Putin because he decided “it involves risk.” However, in his opinion, the “mainstream” media is not reporting enough about the “world-changing” conflict, and it is his duty to get to the source.
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Tucker said in his post that since the start of the war in Ukraine, Western journalists have interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky several times. Generally “the flattery was intended to strengthen Zelensky's demand that the United States become increasingly involved in the war.” Meanwhile, nobody tried to talk to Putin.
He responded to this allegation: CNN journalist. “Does Tucker really think that journalists have not sought an interview with Putin since the first day of the Russian invasion? This is ridiculous. We will be seeking an interview for years,” he wrote in X. The BBC said it had submitted several intelligence requests to the Kremlin over the past 18 months. They were all rejected.
Reuters reports that the Kremlin has confirmed that Vladimir Putin gave the interview. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin agreed to interview Carlson because the former Fox News anchor's approach differed from the “one-sided” coverage of the Ukraine conflict by many Western news outlets. He added that Tucker's approach “is in no way pro-Russian, it's not pro-Ukrainian — it's pro-American.”
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