Previously, he interviewed Vladimir Putin. Tucker Carlson now has his own streaming platform and hosts a show rebroadcast on social networks.
Conservative host Tucker Carlson, close to US President-elect Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he had conducted an interview in Moscow with the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov. It will be broadcast “very soon”according to his words. Previously, he interviewed Vladimir Putin. It was then the first interview given by the latter to a Western journalist since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in 2022.
“We returned to Moscow yesterday to interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov”said the controversial journalist in a video posted on his social networks. This interview which he describes as“absolutely fascinating” returns to the perspective of a “unprecedented conflict between Russia and the United States” and on the consequences that the re-election of Donald Trump will have, detailed Tucker Carlson, without specifying its broadcast date.
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In his video, Tucker Carlson accuses the administration of outgoing President Joe Biden of “push the United States ever closer to a nuclear conflict with Russia” and asserts that America is in “undeclared war” with Moscow. He also accuses the United States embassy of having dissuaded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from granting him an interview.
At the head of «Tucker Carlson Tonight» on Fox News between 2016 and 2023, the host became one of the most influential voices in conservative America, accused of popularizing conspiracy and racist theories. Thanked by the channel in April 2023, he now has his own streaming platform and hosts a show rebroadcast on social networks. His interview with Vladimir Putin had been viewed more than 200 million times on YouTube.