I guess Vladimir Putin has ended the work from home policy for Tucker Carlson.
The Telegraph, Politico, and other media outlets are reporting that Carlson is in Moscow. He was spotted at the airport and watching a performance of “Spartacus” at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Apparently Carlson flew to Moscow via Istanbul three days ago. A “post, published by Mash, included two photos, supposedly showing Carlson at an airport and another at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater”.
Carlson has defended Putin and his war on Ukraine. Carlson opposes American support for Ukraine and blames the West for provoking Russia. Russian media and Putin apologists speculate Carlson will be granted an interview by Putin because the former Fox News Host is “sympathetic” to Russia.
Vladimir Solovyov, an anchor on a Russian state-controlled channel encouraged Carlson to “come join us” after he and Fox News severed ties. Mother Jones reported in 2022 on a leaked Kremlin memo that it was essential to feature more Carlson segments in Russian programming.
“It is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the actions of the United States [and] NATO, their negative role in unleashing the conflict in Ukraine, [and] the defiantly provocative behavior from the leadership of the Western countries and NATO towards the Russian Federation and towards President Putin, personally,” advises the 12-page document written in Russian. It sums up Carlson’s position: “Russia is only protecting its interests and security.”
No wonder he’s popular in Moscow. Carlson repeats Russian propaganda directly to his American viewers and espouses a very Pro-Kremlin mindset. In an interview with a rightwing Swiss magazine, Die Weltwoche, last September, Carlson whined that he “tried to interview Vladimir Putin, but the U.S. government stopped me… You’re not allowed to hear Putin’s voice, ‘coz why?”
Vanity Fairnotes that Carlson has kept “close ties” to other Russian sympathizers, including Donald Trump, and “has been rumored as a possible VP pick”.