Lex Fridman's offer to interview Zelensky in Russian sparks backlash
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Lex Fridman's Offer To Interview Zelensky in Russian Sparks Backlash
What's New? Podcast host Lex Fridman is facing backlash for asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to do a three-hour interview in Russian. Newsweek has contacted Zelensky's office and representatives for Fridman, via email, for comment. Why It Matters Most Ukrainians are fluent in Russian…
Communicating in a language that the interlocutors are fluent in, according to the American interviewer, will give the conversation “greater depth, dynamism and power.”
American podcast host Lex Friedman, in an interview with which Vladimir Zelensky previously agreed, suggested that the president of Ukraine record it in Russian, because they both speak it fluently, as do “a significant part of the Ukrainian people.”
“This is the gift I ask for”: presenter Friedman invites Zelensky to conduct an interview in Russian
“This is the gift I ask for”: presenter Friedman offers Zelensky to interview RussianAmerican podcast host Lex Friedman plans to interview President Zelensky in Russian. He explained this by the lack of knowledge of Ukrainian, although he actively studies it.
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