American TV presenter Tucker Carlson announced a two-hour interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin on his website. The "denification of Ukraine", the "coup d'état" in Ukraine in 2014, peace talks, the situation related to the elections in the USA, relations between Russia and China were the main topics of conversation.

Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the Russian president for international affairs, announced that preparations are being made for Vladimir Putin's visit to Turkey in February. He said that the topic of Ukraine will be the main topic of the negotiations.