From The Independent By Gustaf Kilander
Vladimir Putin mocked Tucker Carlson for trying – and failing – to join the CIA , during their more than two-hour-long, freewheeling interview released on Thursday.
The remark came during a discussion of the 2014 political protests in Ukraine , which led to the ouster of its then-President Viktor Yanukovich and subsequently Russia ’s annexation of Crimea and backing of so-called pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian president went on to claim that his 2022 invasion of Ukraine was an attempt to put an end to the conflict that he falsely argued Ukraine had began back in 2014.
Mr Putin said that the “entire Ukrainian economy” used to be based on trade with Russia.
“The cooperation ties between the enterprises were very close since the times of the Soviet Union. One enterprise there used to produce components to be assembled both in Russia and Ukraine and vice versa. There used to be very close ties,” he said.
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