Tucker Carlson traveled to Moscow and is believed to have interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. Russian state media had long lobbied for this interview and saw it as a propaganda victory, able to spread pro-Russian views to Carlson's large US audience. Pundits on Russian TV expressed glee at the interview and its potential effects, hoping it will undermine Democrats and help restore Trump. One analyst said the interview could "blow up" America's "informational blockade" and that Carlson may face pressure in the US for broadcasting it.
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00:02 Tucker Carlson traveled to Moscow and is believed to have interviewed Russian President Vladimir
00:06 Putin on Monday. Russian state media had long lobbied for this interview and see it as a
00:10 propaganda victory able to spread pro-Russian views to Carlson's large U.S. audience.
00:15 Pundits on Russian TV expressed glee at the interview and its potential effect,
00:18 hoping it will undermine Democrats and help restore Trump. One analyst said the interview
00:22 could blow up America's informational blockade and that Carlson may face pressure in the U.S.
00:27 for broadcasting it. Russian state TV is providing fawning coverage of Carlson's visit
00:31 and he's even been invited to join the Russian Union of Journalists. Russian pundits expressed
00:35 hope the interview stirs a U.S. unrest or even civil war reflecting aggressively interventionist
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