I suspect the reason is that Tucker will give him an opportunity to explain in detail the decades of NATO provocation after the fall of Soviet Union that inevitably pushed him (Putin) into a corner.
But if you want some empty suit to browbeat Putin over how invading Ukraine was bad (gee, how incisive), no that is probably not what this interview will be.
You can read our relationship with Russia post Cold War at the link below. Seems like we were always trying to destroy them with things like;
January 1992: Conference on Assistance to the New Independent States
The United States hosted a Coordinating Conference on Assistance to the New Independent States on January 22 and 23, 1992. Representatives of 47 countries and 5 international financial institutions attended. President Bush proposed that Congress approve an additional $645 million in technical and humanitarian aid to the CIS. Secretary of State Baker announced that an emergency airlift of food and medicine to the former Soviet republics would begin on February 10.
January-February 1992: Yeltsin's Visit to the United States
President Yeltsin's first visit to the United States after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was to attend the first summit meeting of UN Security Council members, in January 1992. President Yeltsin then met with President Bush at Camp David. They agreed to continue strategic arms reductions and to cooperate on arms sales, nonproliferation, and ballistic missile defense. President Bush promised to support Russia's admission to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The Presidents announced that an emergency program of humanitarian aid to the former Soviet Republics would begin on February 10. They issued a joint declaration proclaiming that "Russia and the United States do not regard each other as potential adversaries.
The United States pledged $4.5 billion as a share of a $24 billion international program to support economic reform in Russia, as well as additional credit guarantees and technical assistance. Economic cooperation would be enhanced by a U.S.-Russian Trade Agreement, bilateral investment and taxation treaties, and an Overseas Private Investment Corporation investment incentive agreement.
April 1993: Vancouver Summit
President Clinton held his first summit meeting with President Yeltsin in Vancouver, Canada, in April 1993. The two Presidents issued the Vancouver Declaration reaffirming U.S.-Russian commitments to cooperate "to promote democracy, security, and peace." The United States pledged $1.6 billion in additional aid to Russia. Areas covered included humanitarian aid, private sector development, promotion of democracy, energy development, environmental protection, resettlement of former Soviet officers, promotion of trade and investment, and assistance in nuclear arms reduction. The leaders scheduled further discussion of international aid to Russia at the April 14-15 meeting of the G-7 Foreign and Finance Ministers in Tokyo.
United States Relations with Russia: After the Cold War
2001-2009.state.gov
Man, what a ruthless invasion we launched. After Yeltsin came a new guy who viewed us as the enemy, I wonder if that had anything to do with all the above going away?
