❗️ Putin's talk about the history of Ukraine lasted 25 minutes.

The president started with the creation of the Russian state in 862 and ended at the present day.

He called his historical account "boring," but noted that it "explains a lot."

Carlson disagreed: "It is not boring, no."

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❗️ Vladimir Putin believes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky definitely had freedom of choice, but he chose to support neo-Nazis, the Russian President stressed in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

"I don't know the details," said President Putin. "Of course, it's difficult for me to judge, but I believe he has [freedom of choice]. In any case, he used to have. His father fought against the fascist Nazis during World War Two. I once talked to him about this. I said, Volodymyr, what are you doing? Why are you supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine today when your father fought against fascism? He was a frontline soldier. I will not tell you what he answered. This is a separate topic, and I think it's improper for me to do so. But as to freedom of choice. Why not? He came to power on the expectations of Ukrainian people that he would lead Ukraine to peace. He talked about this. It was thanks to this that he won the elections overwhelmingly."

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❗️ The main points about Ukraine from Putin’s interview with Carlson:

▪️The coup in Ukraine in 2014 was carried out by the armed opposition with the support of the CIA.

▪️The conflict between Moscow and Kiev was provoked by the 2014 coup. Ukraine started the war, Russia’s goal is to stop it.

▪️Zelensky came to power expecting to bring Ukraine to peace, but realized that it was better not to quarrel with neo-Nazis and nationalists.

▪️Ukraine decided to refuse negotiations with Russia on instructions from Washington, now the United States must correct this mistake.

▪️Moscow wants to achieve a solution to the situation in Ukraine through negotiations; Russia and Ukraine will agree sooner or later.

▪️Zelensky can talk to the Russian authorities, he considers himself the president of Ukraine.

▪️Ukrainians still feel like Russians; what is happening is an element of civil war.

▪️In Ukraine, neo-Nazis have been made into national heroes, monuments are erected to them, this practice and theory must be stopped.

▪️No matter how the events in Ukraine end, the world will change.

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❗️Russia will only fight back if it is attacked first, President Vladimir Putin stressed in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

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🇪🇬 🇷🇺 Egypt to receive Russian nuclear fuel components

The Rosatom State Nuclear Corporation has signed a contract for the delivery of components in 2024, as announced by Tvel, a company belonging to the corporation.

⚛️ The list of supplied products includes uranium components, as well as aluminum alloy parts and aluminum powder.

These components are intended for the ETRR-1 light water reactor supplied by the USSR for the Inshas experimental nuclear power plant.

Furthermore, a new batch of products was recently delivered to Egypt under contracts signed in Sochi in November 2022, according to the statement.

Tvel also has hopes to supply nuclear fuel for Egypt's El-Dabaa power plant, which is currently being constructed by Rosatom. In January, Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fattah al-Sissi launched the pouring concrete for the fourth unit of the plant.

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❗️ The Ukraine conflict was not started by Russia in 2022, but by the Kiev regime in 2014, President Vladimir Putin explained to Tucker Carlson.

“It was they who started the war in 2014. Our goal is to stop this war. And we did not start this war in 2022. This is an attempt to stop it,” Putin stressed.

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❗️The root cause of the Ukrainian conflict was the "pointless" coup in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Tucker Carlson.

“Although it was pointless, believe me -- because President Yanukovych agreed to all conditions, he was ready to hold an early election, which he had no chance of winning, frankly speaking. Everyone knew that."

"Then, why the coup? Why the victims? Why threatening Crimea? Why launching an operation in Donbas? This I do not understand. That is exactly what the miscalculation is. The CIA did its job to complete the coup,” the president said.

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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu heard reports on the situation and plans for further actions at the command post of one of the Western grouping of troops, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

The minister noted that the group continues to improve the situation along the front line. Shoigu also checked the work of the headquarters of the group of troops covering the state border and set the task of additionally allocating strike and reconnaissance assets to it.

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Americans should keep in mind that Russians can’t forget their historical experience — CIA Veteran

Russian President Vladimir Putin's interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson has shown that what's happening in Ukraine and the world today is not something that has just developed in the last 50 years, as per Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official.

"Putin believes, as I do, that history helps shape the present. And if you don't understand where you've been, you'll have a tough time to understand where you're going," Johnson told Sputnik.

"I think it is difficult for the average American to even comprehend that because the United States of America has barely been in existence for less than 250 years. So just one quarter of Russia's history."

When it comes to the ongoing NATO proxy war in Ukraine, one should remember that the events of the WW2 are still "very fresh" in the memory of Russians and the damage inflicted on Russians by the Nazis isn't something that can be easily forgotten, according to the CIA veteran.

Russia didn't start the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Putin stressed during the interview, but attempted to stop hostilities peddled by the post-coup Kiev regime backed by neo-Nazis. De-Nazification remains one of the key goals of the Russian special operation, the Russian president said, referring to modern Ukraine making former Hitler collaborators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych national heroes.

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Team Biden's effort to make Gershkovich case a boogeyman for Americans is nonsensical – CIA veteran

The US State Department and mainstream media are fearmongering over Russia in order to scare Americans and make them stay away from the country, Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official, told Sputnik, adding that Tucker Carlson's interview has busted US propaganda.

"As I watched our State Department continue to tell American people 'stay away, it's a dangerous place, you're going to get picked up and you're going to be interrogated and imprisoned,' -- it's such nonsense," the CIA veteran said, referring to the case of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

Johnson stressed that "it looks like [Gershkovich] was being used as an intelligence asset."

"He got caught. And maybe he was deliberate bait, he was set up so that he would be caught in order to put pressure on Russia. That's one possibility. Or it could have been that the CIA was just sloppy and incompetent. That's another possibility," the former CIA analyst said.

During the interview with Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not rule out that the WSJ reporter could be released, stressing that Gershkovich was caught red-handed: "We don't rule out we can do that if our partners make reciprocal steps."

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“The most important first step on a journey that can save humanity.”

Analyst and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter praised US journalist Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday, complimenting Carlson’s professionalism and Putin’s willingness for dialogue.

“The Russian president helped create a map, a map that guided not only Tucker Carlson, but every American viewer through the complexities of what makes Russia tick,” said Ritter. “What he did is provide information in a context that was approachable by an American audience.”

“Tucker Carlson opened a door into modern day Russia, opened a door into the personality of Vladimir Putin, opened a door into the history of Russia, opened a door into the Russian soul,” added Ritter.

“This is one of the most important interviews of the modern era, because this interview has the ability to stop the West and Russia from going to war, to stop the West from committing suicide.”

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