It is important to know what other foreign leaders think. Giving both sides a voice is an important thing if you ever wish to have peace. Perhaps if that would have happened two years ago we would not be here today.
You can always go listen to a “Joe Burden” speech instead of this. Nobody is forcing you to listen. But there are many who want to hear it.
While your comment contains a fair point, I doubt whether Putin will give any Western jounalist his true thoughts, only theater.