How Putin dominated Tucker Carlson with his body language from the moment his interview began: Vladimir destabilised ex-Fox journalist while thoroughly enjoying himself after ONE trick right at the st

Thursday night saw the release of the most hotly anticipated interview of this year so far: American talk show host Tucker Carlson's questioning of Vladimir Putin. 'With Carlson sitting almost frozen in front of him, Putin used the opportunity of global cameras to deliver a history lecture that lasted nearly two hours,' says James. Thursday night saw the release of the most hotly anticipated interview of this year so far: American talk show host Tucker Carlson's questioning of Vladimir Putin But if Carlson went into the interview expecting to have enough control over the situation to hold Vladimir Putin's feet to the fire, then he was sorely mistaken, according to one body language expert who has analysed the interview for MailOnline 'After using some body language techniques to apparently destabilise Carlson's confidence,' she says Putin was able to 'retain control of the narrative, timing and the direction of travel' of the interview, which was recorded on Tuesday in Moscow. Body language expert Judi James tells MailOnline, Putin was able to disarm Carlson from the beginning with a simple trick, allowing him to 'control the narrative' There was one trick that Putin performed at the beginning of the interview which allowed him to take charge from the offset, and that was fiddling with his watch during the first question, which James said distracted Carlson and put him on the back foot 'Putin’s very first gesture or body language ritual was an act of distraction that looked like an early intention to take charge,' James says. The despot 'frequently used the upward pointing index finger and at one point did the gesture with both index fingers, and also used 'counting' gestures to ensure that he was not interrupted by Carlson 'With Carlson sitting almost frozen in front of him, Putin used the opportunity of global cameras to deliver a history lecture that lasted nearly two hours,' says James The Russian strongman also used what James calls 'endorsement and proof' rituals.