{"id":1492972,"date":"2024-02-09T18:13:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/kyrgyzstan-kloop-shut-down-media-crackdown\/32812803.html"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:13:48","slug":"bishkek-court-shuts-down-leading-kyrgyz-independent-media-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/02\/09\/bishkek-court-shuts-down-leading-kyrgyz-independent-media-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishkek Court Shuts Down Leading Kyrgyz Independent Media Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Vladimir Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson, a U.S. commentator who has made a name for himself by spreading conspiracy theories and has questioned Washington's support for Kyiv in its fight against invading Russian troops, has been widely criticized for giving the Russian leader a propaganda platform in his first interview with an American journalist since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n
In the more than two-hour interview, released on Carlson\u2019s website early on February 9, Putin again claimed Ukraine was a threat to Russia because the West was drawing the country into NATO -- an assertion the military alliance has called false -- while avoiding topics such as his brutal crackdown at home on civil society and free speech. <\/p>