Kremlin Spokesman Confirms Tucker Carlson Interview with Putin

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Tucker Carlson sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for an interview, a representative of the Kremlin said Wednesday

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the interview, which Carlson announced on Tuesday, was granted because Carlson’s position “contrasts the position of the traditional Anglo-Saxon media,” according to The New York Times.

The Wall Street Journal, citing sources it did not name, said the interview is expected to air Thursday.

“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, according to Reuters.

“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,” he said.

Peskov said Carlson’s approach is “in no way pro-Russian, it is not pro-Ukrainian — it is pro-American.”

Peskov noted that Carlson made a mistake in a video posted to X on Tuesday in which Carlson defended his decision to interview Putin. Carlson said he was the only Western media individual trying to interview Putin.

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