This thesis aims to analyse Vladimir Putin’s strategic use of communication in his interview with Tucker Carlson in February of 2024. The research questions intend to identify the use of such strategies and how they are used to further strengthen Putin’s political agenda. The interview was studied together with a theoretical framework consisting of propaganda analysis, narrative analysis and critical discourse analysis of which all were abetted with one of Lukes’ three faces of power. Previous research has shown how dictators have used propaganda to both legitimize their current position and justify actions. These findings concur with the result found in this thesis, but the studied material also proved to contain a more offensive and hostile strategy. The results consequently gave some insight into how Putin, and other dictators, can use media to strengthen their positions of power and legitimize military interventions. But it also demonstrated how language can be operated to produce mistrust and possibly weaken opponents.