The State Duma intends to send an appeal to The U.S. Congress and The UN demanded to investigate the situation in connection with the statement by American journalist Tucker Carlson that the administration of former US President Joe Biden was preparing assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that one should not take the word of unsubstantiated information, from whomever it comes.
"The State Duma will send an appeal to The U.S. Congress and The UN demanded to investigate Tucker Carlson's statement about the Biden administration's preparation of an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin," the press service of the lower house of parliament said, noting that this decision was supported by all factions.
Earlier today, on January 29, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Carlson's statement to journalists, said the following:
"Times are such that unsubstantiated information, from whomever it comes, is better not to believe a word."
He added that "there are a lot of different statements now."
"Of course, you have to pay attention to everything, but at the same time take it very carefully," the Kremlin spokesman said.
As reported, Carlson, in a conversation with his colleague Matt Taibbi, said that the US authorities during the presidency of Joe Biden tried to kill Putin. He called the incident "just madness." According to him, the Secretary of State under Biden, Anthony Blinken, in the last two months of his tenure, "did everything possible to accelerate the war between the United States and Russia." Carlson wondered "how he got away with it."
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in his Telegram channel noted that Carlson's words should be thoroughly investigated and those involved brought to justice. Volodin is sure that the discussion of the intention to kill Putin should be taken seriously.