In the interview, which is dubbed into English, Vladimir Putin claims, among other things, that parts of Hungary and Romania were given to Ukraine. – Therefore, we have every reason to state that Ukraine is an “artificial state” created out of Stalin’s will, he says according to NTB. Carlson and Tucker in conversation. Photo: Screenshot 09.02.24 Putin is allowed to talk for long periods without interruption about how he believes the US and NATO have broken promises and refused cooperation with Russia. Putin also talks about several American presidents. He claims he asked Bill Clinton if he thought Russia would be allowed to become NATO members if they applied, but that Clinton, after talking to advisers, rejected this. He also claims that he had a serious conversation with George HW Bush in which he proposed that Russia, the United States and Europe should create a missile defense system together. Controversial interview In the past, the American profile Tucker Carlson has built up a media storm around the interview. – Why should I feel guilty, like a traitor? Can I only love America? I’m in a lovely city and I don’t care. That’s what Carlson told the old communist newspaper Izvestija. The controversial TV profile is then in Moscow. Here he has spent time in a luxury hotel, visited the Bolshoi Theater – and interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin. “They haven’t heard his voice” Tucker Carlson explains the motive for the interview by saying that “most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine, or what his goals are now”. – We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin. We do not mean that you should agree with what Putin may say in this interview, but we encourage you to watch it. You should know as much as possible. Photo: TUCKER CARLSON NETWORK / Reuters Putin does not allow himself to be interviewed by Western journalists often. The last was in 2021 with NBC’s Keir Simmons, writes Politico. About a year before Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Carlson said on Tuesday that the Western media are “corrupt” and that they deliberately mislead their readers. He claims that the media have refused to interview Putin after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Tucker Carlson Network / Reuters – Mr. Carlson is wrong. We receive many requests for interviews with the president. This was said by Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s press secretary, in his daily press conference on Wednesday. Popular in Russia The former TV host has been caught lying about election fraud in the US in 2020. In text messages to colleagues at Fox News, however, he wrote that election fraud never took place. Carlson left the channel last year, and since then he has hosted his own show on X, formerly Twitter. There he accuses Ukraine’s president of being a despot, and acknowledges Putin’s conservative ideals. Sergei Markov believes the US is “trembling in anticipation” as they await the interview between America’s “most popular journalist” and “the most popular enemy”. Markov is a pro-Kremlin political commentator. Carlson is causing a stir in Russia. Between 29 January and 5 February, Russian state media mentioned him more than 2,000 times, writes the Telegram channel Astarozjna. Putin’s mouthpiece Is the controversial TV profile Tucker Carlson a “mouthpiece” for Russian President Vladimir Putin? Several EU members think so. The union is now considering possible sanctions against the former TV profile, writes the newspaper Newsweek. – As Putin is a war criminal and the EU sanctions anyone who helps him in that effort, it seems logical that the Foreign Service also investigates his case. This is what Guy Verhofstad, a former minister in Belgium and current member of the European Parliament, tells the newspaper. The EU is considering punishing Carlsen with a travel ban, according to Verhofstad. Useful idiot Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls Carlson a “useful idiot” who helps Putin spread his lies by interviewing him. – Through him, he can continue to lie about what his goals are in Ukraine and what he thinks will happen next, says Clinton. Photo: Paul J. Richards / AFP – After being fired from so many TV channels in the US, it wouldn’t surprise me if he got a contract with a Russian channel. The interview has also been commented on by the White House. Photo: Patrick Semansky / AP – It should be obvious to everyone what Putin has done in Ukraine, and all the completely false and ridiculous justifications he has come up with to justify it, says security policy spokesperson John Kirby. – I don’t think we need another interview with Putin to understand his brutality, says Kirby.
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