WASHINGTON, Dec 4, 2024 (AFP) - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson -- a right-wing journalist who is a key ally of US President-elect Donald Trump -- announced Tuesday he had interviewed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow and would air the conversation "soon."

Carlson went to Moscow in February for an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin -- his first with a US journalist since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

On Tuesday, in a video published on his social media channels and website, Carlson said he had gone back to Russia to shed light on heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow. The result was a discussion with Lavrov.

"We just walked out of that interview. It's absolutely fascinating. It's coming very soon. We hope you'll watch," Carlson said, without offering a specific air date.
 
Carlson also accused US President Joe Biden's administration of preventing him from interviewing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The media provocateur has spent years depicting the United States as a nation in decline, under assault by Democrats, so-called "woke" protesters and communism. He has increasingly promoted right-wing conspiracy theories since leaving Fox.

His hit show on the cable network came to an end in April 2023, days after it paid a massive settlement to end a defamation case over false allegations that ballot-counting company Dominion Voting Systems had helped steal the 2020 election from Trump.

Carlson has since broadcasted shows on X, formerly Twitter, and now has his own streaming platform, the Tucker Carlson Network.