The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has said he is grateful to the rightwing US television host Tucker Carlson for his interview last week, but was surprised by a lack of 'tough questions'. Putin told the 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. The former Fox News presenter released a two-hour interview with Putin in Moscow on Thursday last week

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2024 09:53 UTC