Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.
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Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov answered questions from KP.RU political commentator Alexander Gamov.
… – Dmitry Sergeevich, in the United States there is terrible hysteria. I communicated with my heroes, with whom I am constantly in touch. These are Viktor Bout, who spent almost 15 years in an American prison for a trumped-up case, and also the former editor-in-chief of Ogonyok, Vitaly Korotich, who lived in the United States for 10 years. And they say they generally expect an information bomb to explode after the publication of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin. And Booth looked at the media yesterday and tonight, many congressmen are already calling for Carlson to be banned from entering the United States. They say that he will be “the next Assange”, that he “needs to be arrested”, “to be tried for supposedly being a Kremlin propaganda agent”. And in general, in the Kremlin, Dmitry Sergeevich, it turns out, receives money. That’s how they write. How do you comment on all this hysteria? – these questions were asked by a journalist from Komsomolskaya Pravda to the official representative of the Kremlin on Thursday, February 8.
“Well, the very personality of Carlson, his arrival in Russia and his interview with Putin are an event that caused a special resonance not only in the United States, but also in our country,” Peskov noted. – To be fair, the resonance is sometimes, shall we say, overwhelming. Obviously, this is an interview that has been expected. Obviously, this is an interview that will be read and analyzed for days. Any interview with the head of state (Russian President Vladimir Putin – AG) is a very important event, especially an interview with a foreign representative…
– And are we prepared to protect an American journalist?
-Does Carlson need some kind of protection from us? “I don’t think so,” the press secretary responded to another of my questions. -I think he can take care of himself. In addition to not entirely sensible voices, sensible voices are also heard in the United States. Therefore, we will be attentive. It is important for us that as many people as possible in the world become familiar with the worldview and point of view of the Russian head of state.
– Thank you.
– Thank you.
