“Russia is not engaged in the expansion of its power. Sorry, I shouldn’t say this because the liars running the State Department want to make him (Putin. -

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) Hitler or the Japanese Emperor, but this is not true, this is stupidity. Russia is already huge, the biggest in the world,” Carlson said in an additional video filmed after the interview.

He emphasized that Russia has enough natural resources, and representatives of many nationalities live in the country - it is difficult to govern such a state, the American journalist admitted.

He wondered “why would Russia go to Poland,” because the country only wants security at the borders.

“To think that they are going to Vienna, you have to be an idiot, this is not true, there is no evidence for this,” Carlson said, adding that “professional liars in Washington” are trying to convince Westerners of the opposite.

Carlson got the impression that Putin was “deeply hurt” by the West’s rejection of Russia, while Moscow is a European city, and this can not only be seen, but also felt on a cultural level.

The American journalist also emphasized that one would have to be crazy to believe that the Russian President will cede Crimea to Ukraine to end the conflict.