Former Fox News programme host Tucker Carlson became the first journalist from the West to carry out an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed Wednesday.
Kremlin did not reveal further details about the interview nor the release date however, TASS news agency reported that it is to be aired on Thursday.
While responding to a question of being favourable towards Russia, a Kremlin spokesperson said that Tucker Carlson was neither pro-Russian nor pro-Ukrainian but pro-American.
Carlson had been vocal about the Western media’s approach toward the all-out support against Russia to Ukraine in which there is a full-fledged military operation ongoing by Moscow against Kyiv.
The spokesperson noted that the approach of the 56-year-old journalist was completely different from the rest of the Western media who are all “one-sided” in “Ukraine’s favour”.
Just a day earlier, the 56-year-old told in a video message posted on X — formerly called Twitter — that "unaware English-speaking people" also need to listen to the 71-year-old Russian leader as their media is "corrupt and lies to them".
"We are not encouraging you to agree with what Putin may say in this interview," Tucker Carlson announced in a video on X, adding that "most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine or what his goals are now."
"When it comes to the countries of the collective West, the large network media, TV channels, (and) large newspapers can in no way boast of even trying to at least look impartial in terms of coverage," Peskov said in a news briefing Wednesday.
"These are all media outlets that take an exceptionally one-sided position. Of course, there is no desire to communicate with such media, and it hardly makes sense, and it is unlikely that it will be useful."
"You’ve never heard his voice. That’s wrong. Americans have a right to know all we can about a war they’re implicated in, and we have the right to tell them about it," Carlson said in a video message Tuesday.
"Western governments by contrast will certainly do their best to censor this video. They are afraid of information they can’t control."
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