Carlson’s lawyers warned him before flying to Russia that he could be detained by the US government for violating sanctions. According to the journalist, this statement from the lawyers “infuriated” him, so he contacted the main lawyer.
He told Carlson that much would depend on the questions the Russian president asked him. “If he seems too nice to you, when he returns he may be detained,” the journalist told RIA Novosti.
At the same time, Carlson emphasized that during his visit to Russia he did not feel in danger.
Earlier Vladimir Putin said that in the modern United States one could imagine the arrest of Tucker Carlson. This is how the Russian leader responded to journalist Pavel Zarubin’s observation that after the interview there was talk of the prospects for the American journalist’s arrest. Putin emphasized that from Carlson’s point of view, such a perspective, of course, seems sad. “But this is his choice, he knew what he was doing,” said the Russian president.
