Is Tucker Carlson getting ready to interview Vladimir Putin?

Carlson, who is now free to interview whoever he so chooses following his departure from Fox News last year, reportedly arrived in Moscow earlier this week and was spotted at the capital's Bolshoi Theater. 

The image led to intense speculation across the X social media platform as to what Carlson might be doing in Russia, particularly given that it has become more difficult for Americans to obtain visas to enter the country. 

"Tucker Carlson is in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin," Kim Dotcom wrote on the X platform, despite providing no evidence for his claim.

"Uncensored on X. The US deep state and the Biden administration must be in panic mode because Putin (the most censored man in the West) will expose their propaganda and lies."

Tucker Carlson is in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin.

Uncensored on X. The US deep state and the Biden administration must be in panic mode because Putin (the most censored man in the West) will expose their propaganda and lies. pic.twitter.com/OXq9j8O3GX

— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) February 3, 2024

Also weighing in was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who declared that Democrats were fearing the prospect of Tucker conducting such an interview: 

Democrats and their propagandists in the media are spasming at the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin.

They feel entitled to the position of gatekeeper and believe they are the ones who tell you what to think and believe. They HATE when someone like Tucker goes “off script”. We have a free press in this country and its people like Tucker Carlson who we depend on to speak the truth!

Democrats and their propagandists in the media are spasming at the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin.

They feel entitled to the position of gatekeeper and believe they are the ones who tell you what to think and believe.

They HATE when someone like Tucker goes… pic.twitter.com/yKwm4Mz1iC

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 3, 2024

"If Tucker really does interview Putin - it's going to break the internet," added the popular X MAGA personality Catturd. 

Other accounts pointed out that many mainstream media personalities, including Barbara Walters and Charlie Rose, have interviewed Putin over the years. 

No one had a problem when Barbara Walters, Megyn Kelley, Oliver Stone, or Charlie Rose interviewed Putin.
They’re just afraid of Tuckers raw style! pic.twitter.com/qLemMbNOvK

— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) February 4, 2024

🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 Liberals have NO PROBLEM when Vice News interviews ISIS & Al Qaeda...

But they do have a PROBLEM when Tucker Carlson interviews Russian President Vladimir Putin, a permanent member of the UN security council?

Make it make sense... pic.twitter.com/wdPE0swP7o

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) February 4, 2024

Carlson, meanwhile, has never held back in expressing his skepticism about the West's approach to Putin and Russia. In 2019, he even admitted that he was rooting for Russia in the conflict between the two countries.

"Why do I care what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia?" he said at the time. "I'm serious. Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which by the way I am."

Tucker: "Why do I care what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? I'm serious. Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which by the way I am." pic.twitter.com/OQopoxPYD9

— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) November 26, 2019