It has been noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched complained on Wednesday about Tucker Carlson’s controversial interview with him and accused Carlson of throwing softball questions.
As per Politico, Putin told Russian interviewer Pavel Zarubin, “I honestly thought he would be aggressive and ask so-called sharp questions. And I wasn’t just ready for that, I wanted it, because it would have given me the opportunity to respond sharply in kind.”
Putin complained, “But he chose a different tactic.”
The Russian president went on to add:
“He tried to interrupt me several times, but still, surprisingly for a Western journalist, he turned out to be patient and listened to my lengthy dialogues, especially those related to history, and didn’t give me reason to do what I was ready for. So frankly, I didn’t get complete satisfaction from this interview.”
Carlson has caused quite a stir after being the first journalist from the Western world to interview Putin in Moscow, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The interview lasted for two hours, during which Putin spoke about Russian history and made fun of Carlson for being rejected by the CIA. At the end of the interview, Carlson asked Putin if he could take Evan Gershkovich, a jailed reporter from the Wall Street Journal, back with him to the United States.
