Political commentator Tucker Carlson pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview this week to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from prison so he can return to the U.S.
Carlson made the ask at the end of an interview that lasted longer than two hours and was posted to social media Thursday evening. Carlson did not ask about other Americans who were locked up inside Russia, including Paul Whelan and Marc Fogel.
Nearly the entire first half of the interview was Putin sharing his version of Russia’s history and offering his justifications for why he invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
During various moments in the interview, Putin appeared to take some subtle shots at Carlson, in an apparent attempt to throw him off balance, including at the very beginning when he asked Carlson if they were “having a talk show or a serious conversation.”
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