US Tucker Carlson turns on Putin after Alexei Navalny's death in jail: 'It's horrifying, barbaric and awful - no decent person would defend it'

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Tucker Carlson turns on Putin after Alexei Navalny's death in jail: 'It's horrifying, barbaric and awful - no decent person would defend it'​

Tucker Carlson has turned on Vladimir Putin in the wake of the shocking death of Alexei Navalny, just days after releasing a softball interview with the Russian president and a series of 'tourism board style' videos about the country's clean train stations and cheap groceries.

In an exclusive statement to DailyMail.com, Carlson said: 'It's horrifying what happened to Navalny. The whole thing is barbaric and awful. No decent person would defend it.'

The former Fox News host told DailyMail.com that he was on a plane traveling from Dubai when Navalny's death was announced.

'I didn't even know it happened till I saw the Daily Mail story,' Carlson explained.

The conservative pundit has faced backlash over his bizarre sit-down with Putin last week after critics say he failed to challenge the Russian president.

When quizzed about the limitations of his interview at the World Government Summit on Monday, days before Navalny's tragic death, Carlson made the comment: 'every leader kills people, leadership requires killing people.'

He told DailyMail.com Friday: 'It had zero to do with Navalny. I wasn’t referring to him, which is obvious in context, and I certainly wasn’t making excuses for killing people. I’m totally opposed to killing as I said.'

'I didn't talk about the things that every other American media outlet talks about because those are covered,' he told Egyptian journalist Emad El Din Adeeb.

'I have spent my life speaking to people who run countries, in various countries, and have concluded the following: That every leader kills people, including my leader.

'Every leader kills people, some kill more than others. Leadership requires killing people, sorry. That's why I wouldn't want to be a leader.'

Russian news outlets announced Navalny's death on Friday morning, citing the Siberian prison service where he was serving a nineteen-year sentence for 'extremism', sparking fury across the globe.

'On February 16, 2024, in correctional colony No. 3, convict Navalny A.A. felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness,' said a statement from prison officials.

'Emergency doctors confirmed the death of the convict,' it added.

Global leaders, including the Latvian president, have laid blame for Navalny's death at Putin's feet.

During his interview with Putin, Carlson also heaped praise on Russia throughout, calling Moscow 'so much nicer than any city in my country.'

'I had no idea. It is so much cleaner, and safer and prettier, aesthetically. Its architecture, food, and services than in any city in the United States. And this is not ideological' he effused.

In another bizarre video Carlson praised Russia for its low grocery store prices and fresh produce.

The media firebrand wheeled a grocery cart around a Russian superstore while marveling at the stock as he continued his Putin PR tour earlier this week.

In a video uploaded to his social media accounts Carlson 54, exclaims, 'Look at that!' while sniffing a loaf of bread as jovial music plays.

Carlson reaches the checkout and notices the equivalent $400 price-tag for a weeks-worth of groceries for him and his team.

The former presenter says the revelation moved him from feeling 'amused to legitimately angry' that his home country apparently charges much more for basics like food.

The video drew widespread ridicule from people online, as many pointed out the disparity between the average wage in Russia - which is the equivalent of $9,072 - or 6.5 times less than the average US salary of $59,428.

Navalny was last seen via video link during a court hearing on Thursday.

Dressed in black prison uniform, he appeared to be in good spirits - his trademark humor back on show.

'Your Honor, I will send you my personal account number so that you can use your huge salary as a federal judge to 'warm up' my personal account, because I am running out of money,' he said.

Navalny's mother Lyudmila said she had seen her son in the prison colony on Monday. At the time, she said: 'He was alive, healthy, cheerful.'

Navalny's spokesperson said on the X social media platform that she was unable to confirm his death. Kira Yarmysh said that Navalny's lawyer was travelling to the site of the prison where he had been serving his sentence.

Leonid Volkov, a Navalny aide, said: 'The Federal Penitentiary Service in the Yamalo-Nenets District is disseminating news about the death of Alexei Navalny in IK-3.

'We don't have any confirmation of this yet. Alexey's lawyer is now flying to Kharp. As soon as we have any information, we will report it.'

 

[SBG]

He works in NY and DC primarily. Being in a grocery store with no homeless people/ drug addicts screaming or shitting on the floor would probably be a revelatory experience for someone stuck in those places.

His studio got moved to Woodstock, Maine a while ago. So it's a bit more scenic looking than all that.

 

[Yet Another Wanker]

The grocery store video was weird. He goes around acting like it's all the most awesome stuff imaginable and wraps it up by talking of how Americans would basically be radicalized against their government if they saw how well Russians live in comparison to them.

It honestly sounds similar to those weird pro-China youtubers that act like China is vastly superior to the west.


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The Twitter Note under this video is hilarious 60% of Russians spend half or more of their income on food. According to TASS

 

[Weebburner]

It honestly sounds similar to those weird pro-China youtubers that act like China is vastly superior to the west.

have you retards ever thought "Maybe im the one one who is wrong?" I CAN LITERALLY SEE my food costing more and shrinking. Some things have increased by over 100%. Some have shrunk by over half.

To be honest i dont give a shit if russian, nork or chink are doing well or worse than me. I just wish we were doing better than we were doing the years before. What fucking progress are we making?

 

[SBG]

It’s easy to do if your exchange rate is really good. American money goes far in other countries. Tucker would get the same experience going to a grocery store in the Dominican Republic. What would cost $100 in the US would cost $20 in the Dominican. Him acting like it’s something novel makes me think he rarely grocery shops, let alone in other countries.

Another aspect of his video was he was acting like sanctions were doing nothing because people can still get groceries.

It's all very weird.

The Twitter Note under this video is hilarious 60% of Russians spend half or more of their income on food. According to TASS

Saw some retards on twitter try pulling up the numbers on household income to argue Russians were making $30k a year rather than less than $10k which I think is the number for individuals.

 

[MadStan]

You can go on a tour of NK also where you will find well fed, happy and jovial people, clean streets and great buildings.happiness abound!

If you are that easily fooled. Social media however paints a much different picture of Russia.

Tucker is easily duped.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

The Twitter Note under this video is hilarious 60% of Russians spend half or more of their income on food. According to TASS

But what does that mean? How much do they make on average? How much of their salary goes to each thing? How far does that go in terms of money?

Russia have very cheap gas for example, so the fact that only a fraction of the cost would go towards heating compared to similarly cold places would also throw the stats off.

Alone just saying "yeah they spend 60% on groceries" doesn't mean anything.

 

[JambledUpWords]

Another aspect of his video was he was acting like sanctions were doing nothing because people can still get groceries.

It's all very weird.


Saw some retards on twitter try pulling up the numbers on household income to argue Russians were making $30k a year rather than less than $10k which I think is the number for individuals.

One thing I noticed that he didn’t point out in his video was the costs of the imported items. American brands are going to be extra expensive in Russia right now. Sanctions put a much higher cost on certain imports, so a Russian would more likely get the knockoff than the real deal if money was an issue. Tucker essentially shopped like how a rich Russian would shop, and that’s not very representative of the average Russian.

 

[SIMIΔN]

Maybe Putin was right and Tucker is CIA after all. Just like Musk "oh twitter was involved with secret agencies, look at these twitter files" as if he wouldn't readily collaborste with them too.

I doubt Tucker planned for Putin to kill Navalny.
It isn't flipflopping to change your mind based on new information.

 

[Chickin BBQ]

But what does that mean? How much do they make on average? How much of their salary goes to each thing? How far does that go in terms of money?

Russia have very cheap gas for example, so the fact that only a fraction of the cost would go towards heating compared to similarly cold places would also throw the stats off.

Alone just saying "yeah they spend 60% on groceries" doesn't mean anything.

A *good* salary in the regions is what, 45k rubles a month? If you aren't one of the middle class gentry that lucked out into having apartments, you're paying ~14-20k rubles for rent+utils.*

Food is not very cheap in Russia, maybe 50~75% of US prices. Certain things are cheap, but the product quality is shiiiiiiIIIIIIiiiiiiit. Imagine One of those shops that sell nearly-expired or expired foods, or just an Ocean State Job Lot, and you have a rough equivalent to the average product quality available in a general russian supermarket. You think americans chow down goyslop? I hope you like palm-oil infested turbogoyslop as a russian. Once you start going one for one on quality, the prices quickly come up to out-of-the-big-city american prices, which is pretty much unnafordable to the average russian. Because (shocker of shockers) the average russian isn't actually fucking middle class, and their salary is more like 25k rubles a month.

The only saving grace of the food situation is the fact that a lot of people supplement their food by literal farming. I got relatives that are middle-middle class, car, apartment, everything, they're still holding on to their tiny plot outside the city, because I guarantee that what they get out of it more than covers the labor they have to put into it.

Gas, pre-war was basically on-par per/liter per/gallon with the US, ~maybe~ a 10%-ish discount, with some allowance variation for USD/RUB exchange rates. Now that the exchange rate is fake and gay, gas prices are technically way down, but haven't changed from four years ago. Still what, 40-50 a litre?

Restaurants are a fair bit cheaper tho, aka ~50% of US, which is nutty because the average income is more like 20-25% of the US.

*Numbers are circa 2020 Siberia.

 

[Spider Princess Fan]

A *good* salary in the regions is what, 45k rubles a month?

Nigger, what are you talking about, 45k is what you earn on a job that requires no education and minimal/if any qualification, delivery boys earn even more than that, and all that they do is ride bicycles with a pack on their back.

If you aren't one of the middle class gentry that lucked out into having apartments

Legit in what world do you live in, you gonna tell me that 85% of the population are renting?

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

“Turn on Putin”? He was never on Putin’s side per se. He even dogged him for the Navalny incident in that same interview while he was being locked up.

 

[Otoya Yamaguchi]

"turns on putin" would imply that tucker was on putin's side or something at some point. leftists and their conspiracys lol

 

[Sargon's wife's son]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtwtF-__rY

Barbara Walters confirmed KGB agent

 

[Zoobles]

charlie rose once did an interview with charlie manson. I wonder if rose ever turned on manson...

 

[Yet Another Wanker]

But what does that mean? How much do they make on average? How much of their salary goes to each thing? How far does that go in terms of money?

Russia have very cheap gas for example, so the fact that only a fraction of the cost would go towards heating compared to similarly cold places would also throw the stats off.

Alone just saying "yeah they spend 60% on groceries" doesn't mean anything.

I found this break down https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/country/russia

Moscow is more expensive than the rest of Russia cheaper than the USA or most of the EU (the link said Prague was cheaper). The average salary according to shit dumb Wikipedia for Moscow is 62,270 RUB According to reddit Russians they spend 6k rubbles on food. 45k on rent for a non commie block or 30k for a smelly commie block. 5-7k on Utilities.

So I don't know what all knowing Twitter Notes were on about but it looks like Moscow is low salary low cost of living shithole. Inflation is 7.5% with 16% basic interest rate. Basically Stagflation ala the 1970s America with added conscription into the Russian army; where your butthole will be raped then sent to Ukraine to freeze in a trench given the current stalemate.

And that's the problem you could have all that's great about Russia in any other Eastern European country without the bullshit Putin adds. Plus if you live in Poland you can be a plumber anywhere in the EU think of the options.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Putin and Tucker dindu nuffin wrong.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

Only a monster would cheer on the imprisonment and murder of political opposition.
Turns to look at the left.

 

[Chickin BBQ]

Nigger, what are you talking about, 45k is what you earn on a job that requires no education and minimal/if any qualification, delivery boys earn even more than that, and all that they do is ride bicycles with a pack on their back.

MKAD-ysh bougie fuck spotted. I hope the nukes get you first.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Turning on him means he was on his side, but Tucker isn't a suck-up who blindly takes sides to begin with.

 

[SBG]

MKAD-ysh bougie fuck spotted. I hope the nukes get you first.

MKAD? Reference to the road in Moscow?