Carlson faces sanctions over Putin interview. A political scientist sees this as Putin's strategy.
The reactions remain to be seen. Carlson was fired from Fox News last year. He hosted a high-ratings evening show there for years. He used this to spread conspiracy theories and false reports and to agitate against minorities. Shortly afterwards he started his own show on X. The former Fox News host reaches millions of people via social networks. He is against US financing of the war. The aim of the interview was to convince the West to abandon Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.