Tucker Carlson in Moscow amid rumours ex-Fox News host will interview Vladimir Putin

Carlson left Fox News last year after nearly a decade as one of the network’s most popular and controversial hosts
Jacob Phillips5 February 2024

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been spotted in Moscow fuelling speculation he may become the first Western journalist to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin during the war in Ukraine.

Russian media showed pictures of Carlson at several spots around Moscow, including at a box at the Bolshoi Theatre and eating at a hotel.

In an interview aired by the Izvestia newspaper, Carlson described Moscow as “beautiful” and added: "I just wanted to see it because, you know, I have read so much about it but I have never seen it before."

When asked if he was in Moscow to interview Putin, Carlson said: "We'll see". He then smiled.

When asked the same question the Kremlin said it could hardly be expected to comment on the comings and goings of foreign journalists or provide a running commentary on them.

"Many foreign journalists come to Russia every day, many continue to work here, and we welcome this," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. 

"We have nothing to announce in terms of the president's interviews to foreign media."

Carlson left Fox News after nearly a decade as one of the network’s most popular and controversial hosts in April 2023.

His show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, was the most popular show on the network with an estimated 3.5 million viewers and the presenter wielded considerable political influence.

Carlson launched a new subscription-based streaming video service in December to capitalise on his popularity among conservative U.S. voters. 

An interview he posted on X with former president Donald Trump last August has drawn more than 267 million views, according to the social media platform.

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