GUARDIAN EUROPE: Russian president says he was grateful to the former Fox News host for the two-hour interview, which made headlines around the world
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said he is grateful to rightwing US television host Tucker Carlson for his interview last week, but was surprised by a lack of “sharp questions”.
Former Fox News star Carlson released a two-hour interview with Putin in Moscow on Thursday last week which made headlines around the world.
Putin told Russian TV presenter, Pavel Zarubin, on Wednesday that he had wanted Carlson to behave more aggressively, which would have given him the right to reply just as pointedly.
“To be honest, I thought that he would behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions. I was not just prepared for this, I wanted it, because it would give me the opportunity to respond in the same way,” Putin said in comments broadcast on Wednesday.
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