Tucker Carlson in Russia to interview Putin

Tucker Carlson: 'Why I'm interviewing Vladimir Putin'

Most Americans 'have no real idea what's happening in this region'

There are risks to conducting an interview like this, obviously. So we've thought about it carefully over many months. Here's why we're doing it.

First, because it's our job. We're in journalism. Our duty is to inform people. Two years into a war that's reshaping the entire world, most Americans are not informed. They have no real idea what's happening in this region, here in Russia or 600 miles away in Ukraine.

Most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine, or what his goals are now. They've never heard his voice. That's wrong. Americans have a right to know all they can about a war they're implicated in, and we have the right to tell them about it because we are Americans, too. Freedom of speech is our birthright.

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