The Russian presidential palace has announced that President Putin has agreed to an interview with a former Fox News anchor who is close to former US President Donald Trump. President Putin seems to be aiming to appeal to Trump's own claims, taking into account that Trump is the leading candidate for the Republican Party in the US presidential election.
Spokesman of the Russian Presidential Palace Peskov announced on the 7th that President Putin agreed to an interview with former Fox News anchorman Tucker Carlson, who is visiting Moscow.
This is said to be the first time President Putin has given an interview to Western media since the military invasion of Ukraine.
Carlson is popular among American conservatives and is known to be close to former President Trump.
Mr. Trump, who is the front-runner for the Republican Party in the US presidential election, has criticized the Democratic Party's Biden administration's military aid to Ukraine. I am.
President Putin appears to be taking this as an opportunity to respond to the interview in order to appeal to Russia's insistence on invading Ukraine, and to sway the United States, where public opinion is divided over the pros and cons of aid.
The contents of the interview are expected to be made public soon, but some have criticized him for giving him an opportunity to unilaterally convey Russia's claims.