Related news (slightly), from Twitter:
The US government has banned Tucker Carlson from interviewing Vladimir Putin.
“You know, I tried to interview Putin, and the American government stopped me. What, we can’t hear Putin’s voice?! Why? Nobody voted on this issue,” Carlson said in an interview with the Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche.
He emphasized that the American authorities have been controlling all media for several decades, and citizens do not know the true state of affairs
@LukeHanks No, but it's a data point. Weltwoche is a rightist populist weekly, but the editors are very smart.
Same question:
https://manifold.markets/JacobWood/will-vladimir-putin-appear-on-the-l
overvalued af, there's really no chance of this happening
@nottelling2ccc he's just responding to Mira's comment below (about not being in either of the inner circles)
This market is way overpriced. It seems that Putin hasn't given a single interview with Western media this year (or does anyone have a counterexample?), and Lex Fridman isn't especially likely to succeed at this compared to other journalists; it's not like he has an existing relationship to Putin or otherwise a strong connection
@JonasVollmer IIRC Lex said at some point that he has some connections, and believes that he could pull this off. On the other hand, Lex says a lot of things, so I'm still betting NO
@JonasVollmer I am not a member of Vladimir Putin's inner circle, or of Lex Fridman's. So I have no special information regarding their schedules. Your guess is as good as mine on whether this interview will happen.