Tucker Carlson accused of 'aggressor-washing' in lengthy interview with Vladimir Putin

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00:00 We were ready to sign this document, but Mr. Johnson, then the Prime Minister of Great Britain,

00:06 came and dissuaded us from doing this, saying it was better to fight Russia.

00:10 The Ukraine issued a decree prohibiting negotiations with us.

00:14 Let him cancel that decree. And that's it. We have never refused negotiations, indeed.

00:22 And the fact that they obey the demand or persuasion of Mr. Johnson,

00:26 the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, seems ridiculous and very sad to me.

00:31 Because, as Mr. Arakamiya put it, we could have stopped those hostilities with war a year and a

00:39 half ago. I had such personal relationship with Trump as well. It is not about the personality

00:44 of the leader, it is about the elite's mindset. You can give different interpretations to what

00:50 constitutes a spy. But there are certain things provided by law. If person gets secret information

00:58 and does that in conspiratorial manner, then this is a qualified as espionage.

01:03 And that is exactly what he was doing. The fact has been proven, as he was caught red-handed when

01:10 he was receiving this information. If it had been some far-fetched excuse, some fabrication,

01:17 something not proven, it would have been a different story then.

01:20 But he was caught red-handed when he was secretly getting confidential information.