Out front next, Russia's seizing on Tucker Carlson's exit from Fox.

Why this obsession?

It comes as a top Putin official tonight tells our Matthew Chance about the possibility of

a prisoner swap for Americans detained in Russia.

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black and democratic. Let's go out front. And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett.

Out front tonight, Russia is hiring as a top Putin mouthpiece offers Taka Carlson a job with Russian state television,

the most senior Russian official to visit the United States since Putin invaded Ukraine.

You heard me there.

Today, said this, unprompted.

Perhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in the United States.

I've heard that Tucker Carlson has left Fox News. It's curious news. What is this related to?

One can only guess. But clearly, the wealth of views in the American

information space has suffered as a result.

That's the foreign minister for Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov. All that's going on,

here in the United States, coming here, talking about the laws of Tucker Carlson. It's unbelievable,

right? I mean, it's incredible that he would do such a thing in way on this. Why is Lavrov obsessed

specifically with Tucker Carlson? Well, you may ask, why is that? Because in Russia,

Tucker Carlson is a star for repeatedly being pro-Russian, anti-American, and anti-Ukraine. Listen to

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