MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. The State Duma has decided to ask the US Congress and the United Nations to look into US journalist Tucker Carlson’s claims that the Biden administration tried to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, the lower house of Russia’s parliament announced.
"The State Duma will address the US Congress and the United Nations with a request to probe into Tucker Carlson’s revelations about the Biden administration’s attempt to kill Vladimir Putin," the Duma explained.
At a plenary session, State Duma Security and Anti-Corruption Committee Chairman Vasily Piskaryov proposed asking US legislators to clarify what Carlson was talking about. All political factions supported the initiative, the Duma said.
Earlier, Carlson, in a conversation with his colleague Matt Taibbi, argued that the US authorities during the Biden presidency attempted to kill Putin. He described what happened as madness. According to him, Antony Blinken, who served as the secretary of state under Biden, in the last two months of his tenure "did everything he could to precipitate the war between the United States and Russia." Carlson expressed bewilderment at how Blinken got away with it.
Later, Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on his Telegram channel that the US journalist’s words should be thoroughly investigated and "Biden and Blinken should be held accountable." Volodin suggested that the discussion of the intention to assassinate Putin should be taken seriously.