The journalists of The Washington Post analyzed the interview of the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin with the American journalist Tucker Carlson and the narrative that the Kremlin criminal tried to spread.
How Putin confirmed his intentions to destroy Ukraine in an interview with Carlson
Journalists of the publication note that throughout the interview, the Kremlin dictator tried to impress the audience with his own knowledge of history and also did not give Tucker the opportunity to ask critical questions.
Journalists concluded that Putin was better prepared for this interview than Carlson himself.
In particular, as noted in the article, Putin, an experienced politician and former KGB agent, knows very well how to avoid answering uncomfortable questions.
Moreover, during the interview, Putin brazenly and cynically tried to convince Carlson that Russia is supposedly the victim in the criminal war against Ukraine.
Putin used each question to make his main argument: Russia was the aggrieved party, the victim of the West's repeated false promises. Despite this, Putin insisted, Moscow is ready to negotiate an end to the war, but with the United States, emphasizing its insistence that the Ukrainian government is an illegitimate puppet of the West, the journalists of the publication note.
The authors of the publication drew attention to the manipulations of the Kremlin dictator in the issue of covering the history of Ukraine.
In particular, the material notes that Putin cited a large number of non-existent "facts".
How Putin manipulates facts from the history of Ukraine
The heart of the interview was Putin's long lecture, which covered more than 1,000 years of history, from the creation of Kyivan Rus to the present day. All in order to prove to Putin that Ukrainians are actually Russians who live "on the edge" of the Russian Empire. The essence of his chatter was to stun the audience with a tsunami of facts and dates and impress them with Putin's imaginary erudition, the publication said.
Journalists also draw attention to the Kremlin dictator's manipulation of the topic of readiness for negotiations with Ukraine.
The apparent readiness for negotiations, however, stands in stark contrast to Russia's long-standing insistence that only the full capitulation of Ukraine, including the broad surrender of occupied territories, will end the war, the authors of the publication emphasize.
