Carlson's seven predecessors
American journalist Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin. Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the president’s conversation with the ex-Fox News TV presenter took place and lasted more than two hours. The interview will be released before the end of the week. While the whole world froze in anticipation, MK collected the most striking quotes from Vladimir Putin from his previous interviews with representatives of foreign media.
The announcement of an interview with Putin brought Tucker Carlson more than 65 million views on the social network “X” and a place on the Ukrainian website «Peacemaker» X owner Elon Musk promised not to block the interview with the Russian president if and when it was uploaded to Carlson’s channel. In addition, the conversation between Putin and the ex-Fox News host, according to Carlson, will be available on his personal website for free and there will be no editing.
In the meantime, we will remember what Vladimir Putin talked about with other foreign journalists.
To King’s question about whether Putin likes working as president:
– Partly .
On whether Putin wants to meet with the then US presidential candidates — George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore:
– I’m ready, we just wouldn’t want to somehow interfere in this sensitive election process, interfere with careless actions, spoil some relations in this regard, or cause some kind of tension in interstate relations.
O intelligence:
— Intelligence is not running around the sewers of New York, or Washington, or Moscow. This is information work.
About faith and attitude towards religion:
– I prefer not to dwell on this topic too much. I believe that these are things that a person should keep to himself.
To a question from Larry King about the statement of then Pentagon chief Robert Gates that “Russian democracy has disappeared” and “the government is run by the security services”:
– If this is the best expert on democracy in the United States, then I will tell you Congratulations.
On the West’s attempts to create a split in the relationship between Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev (at that time the president of the country):
— We, frankly speaking, did not even suspect that this would happen done with such impudence, impudence and so shamelessly.
On the likelihood of breaking diplomatic relations with the United States:
– Thank God, there is no such state of affairs between Russia and the United States today and, I hope, never will be.
On the readiness to speak to the public in English:
– My English is very bad.
About whether Russia has imperial ambitions:
– We do not have some kind of fetish about Russia’s superpower on the world stage. We are engaged in only one thing — protecting our fundamental interests.
On the fact that “reading people” is Putin’s job:
– It was my job. Today I have a different job and have been for quite some time.
About the fact that Putin, according to CIA employees, knows how to charm people:
– If the CIA told you, then this is probably true.
About the fact that who -he calls Putin “tsar”:
– You know, they call me different things. Here you know what they say: even if you call it a pot, just don’t put it in the stove.
About whether Russia will survive the sanctions:
– Of course, there is no doubt about it, it is not even discussed at all.
< p>Putin, in response to Stone’s question about whether it is true that power greatly changes people:
– This is indeed a very dangerous state. If a person in power feels that he has lost this nerve, he must leave his place.
About Crimea:
– It was not we who decided to annex Crimea, it is the people who living in Crimea, decided to join Russia.
On NATO expansion to the east:
– We are concerned about the practice and how decisions are made there. And I know HOW decisions are made there.
About the fact that the West still associates Russia with the personality of Joseph Stalin:
– We all bear some kind of birthmarks – so what?
About whether there is hope for improvement of Russian-American relations:
– There is always hope. Until they carry us in white slippers to the cemetery.
To a journalist’s question about relations with Washington:
– This is very upsetting. But it will pass. Everything passes, and this will pass.
On the desire of the countries of Eastern Europe to join NATO:
– They do not look one step forward. There is no such habit…
About the “Russian threat” to NATO countries:
– You came up with it yourself, and then you scare yourself.
The traditional question is who is interfering in whose elections:
– I don’t want to offend anyone, but the United States everywhere, all over the world, is actively interfering in the election campaigns of other countries.
About the alleged connections of the Trump team with the Russian Ambassador Kislyak and, again, the alleged conduct between them meetings during the election race:
– There were no meetings. When I saw this, I just opened my mouth.
About rumors about meetings between Kislyak and Trump’s people (Megan did not let up):
— Some kind of nonsense. Do you understand what you're asking or not?
About Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his supposedly close relationship with Moscow:
– I have a much closer relationship with you personally, than with Mr. Flynn.
On the question about a successor:
— Conversations on this topic will destabilize the situation.
About sanctions and the dollar :
– The USA is sawing the branch on which they are sitting.
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