By Ben Aris in Berlin US journalist Tucker Carlson gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a platform to lay out his justification for attacking Ukraine and clashing with the West that was posted on the ex-Fox News commentator’s X channel on February 8. The two-hour long video had garnered 58.9 mln views as of the morning of February 9 and more than 533,000 likes. On Carlson’s YouTube channel, the interview has so far been viewed 2.3 mln times. While claiming to be a traditional journalist, Carlson is well known for being soft on Putin and opposes US support for Ukraine. The only western journal…