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What Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin shows, and what it hides

Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow.

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I spend almost no time watching, or getting worked up about, Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News personality has drawn criticism for his recent interview with Vladimir Putin, which took place just days before opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found dead in a Russian penal colony.

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