Putin'still setting agenda': What's behind the Tucker Carlson interview. Putin did not want to reach a domestic audience with the conversation, but rather the West.
The average American should think: “Oh, what our leadership has done!” The interview is useful if you take advantage of the West's reaction and shape the information environment there. The message was: Russia is now allied with China, but only because the US leadership pressured Moscow to do so. Kremlin spokesman confirms: Putin wants to convey a “historical vision” to Americans.