Tucker Carlson asks Putin if he would release detained US reporter

In his first interview with a Western media outlet since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked by Tucker Carlson if as a sign of “decency”, he would release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

Gershkovich has been detained since March 2023 on espionage charges, which could see him jailed for up to 20 years. Putin didn’t rule out the possibility of his release, but said his country had “done so many gestures of goodwill” that it had “run out”.

Video courtesy of the Tucker Carlson Network.