The Kremlin has confirmed that Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was conducted by the Kremlin.
President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president spoke directly with American journalist Tucker Carlson. “Yes, I can confirm it,” Peskov said, according to Russian state media. “We will publish it as soon as it is ready.”
Peskov explained why he agreed to interview Karlsson when Russia has refused interviews with other Western journalists, saying that although he did not consider Karlsson to be pro-Russian, he was not pro-Ukrainian either. He said that he was simply pro-American, and therefore “Mr. Carlson was not pro-Russian.”in a different position than others [of Western media]…at least that is in contrast to the traditional Anglo-Saxon media position. ”
Anglo-Saxon is a common dog whistle in Russia that refers to what they perceive as the negative influence on world politics of white northern Europe represented by Washington DC, London, and Brussels.
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 6, 2024
Tucker Carlson arrived in Moscow over the weekend, confirming his attendance and intention to meet with the Russian president in a social media statement Tuesday night. Carlson said the interview with Putin was important, although dangerous, and in his view, the one-sided reporting by establishment media has left many Americans with little idea of what is going on in Russia. He said that he remains unaware of this.
The same journalist called some reports on the Ukraine war that blindly parroted information from the Ukrainian government “government propaganda.”
“We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin,” Carlson said last night. And we want it to continue to thrive and be free. ”
In a clip on Wednesday, Tucker Carlson claimed that other news organizations “made no attempt” to interview Putin, a statement that some journalists disputed. claimed to have tried But that effort failed. The Kremlin said he received interview requests from Western broadcasters, but he declined on the grounds that he did not intend to “at least appear impartial in reporting what is happening.”
“These are all media that take a one-sided position…There is no desire to communicate with such media, there is little point in this. There is no benefit to be gained from this,” Putin’s spokesman Peskov said. It’s unlikely.” .
Condemnation of Mr. Carlson’s interview with President Putin was swift, with Americans such as neoconservative writer Bill Kristol paraphrasing the meme and writing: Understand what’s going on,” and former Congressman Adam Kinzinger claimed simply, “He’s a traitor.”
Guy Verhofstadt, an arch-Eurocrat and aspiring populist everywhere, calls Carlson a “mouthpiece” for President Putin and “an enemy of all that the United States supports,” while referring to Gender military spokeswoman Sarah Ashton Cirillo has sometimes referred to Karlsson as “the Kremlin’s favorite courtroom.” eunuch” and “enemy of humanity.”
