Here is a European perspective to the Tucker Carlson interview:

It's quite disturbing to see how some people applaud an interview that ignores principles of political discourse. The most important, in my opinion, would be, for example, critical questions on the part of the interviewer, ...

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flaws in Putin's argument... that Ukraine really didn't exist historically.
In the end, the interview is nothing more than silly microphone-holding and a truncated criticism by Tucker of the policies of Western nations, with a focus on Biden's efforts to help Ukraine protect itself from a war of aggression.

No mention of a war of aggression, of a country ruled by an autocrat and where criticism is punished with labour camps.

and also his ability to use historical knowledge to critically scrutinise long-winded statements.

And so nothing really new emerges from the highly hyped interview. Everything Putin says, he has already said before. If Carlson had sufficiently prepared himself, he would probably have been able to point out the many ..