plus what happened to alexei navalny his close friend, the investigative reporter christo grozev because i've is outfront, been working his sources all day and he has new details to share tonight. let's go outfront >> good evening. i'm erin burnett outfront tonight. the breaking news, 355 million. former president trump and his business empire taking a massive hit today, the judge in trump's new york fraud trial i'll just deciding trump must pay 354.8 million to be exact. and then there's interest on top of that that he's also now liable to pay that could add another $100 and trump has just responded these are corrupt people. these are people that shouldn't be allowed to do the things they do and they using this as weaponization against a political opponent who's up a lot in the poll calls for a fine of $355 million for doing a perfect job for having paid back alone with no defaults with no problems >> of course, the trial was more than just taking alone. it was about trump manipulating his net worth and lying about it. and it's not just trump who has to pay both of his sons, don junior,

lawyers, plus what happened to alexei navalny, his close friend, the investigative reporter christo grozev is outfront, been working his sword this is all day and he has new details to share tonight. let's go outfront >> good evening. i'm erin burnett outfront tonight. the breaking news, $355 million for president trump and his business empire taking a massive hit today, the judge in trump's new york fraud trial, just deciding trump must pay 300 good, 54 million to be exact. and then there's interest on top of that that he's also now liable to pay that could add another $100 >> and >> trump has just responded these are corrupt people. these are people that shouldn't be allowed to do the things they do. and they using this as weaponization against a political opponent who's up a lot in the polls for a fine of 355 million for doing a perfect job for having paid back alone with no default, with no problems of course the trial was more than just taking alone. it was about trump manipulating his net worth and lying about it. and it's not just trump who has to pay both of his sons don junior, an

she turned it all in, she turned it in, yes, so the thing is that they then rush to malochvarkin and grozev teleconference with representatives and deputies and moreover... they should create in russia, if you are proud of the fact that you are terrorists and saboteurs, literally , i remember the phrase, so be one, create a legion of 100 people, and let them take revenge on the territory of russia, then we will give you money, and at the same time they say, but you need to take revenge on everyone, take any governor, he is a civil servant. kill him and let him knows that this needs to be done, he says: you must ensure that this is a deputy, which means they are happy with the pipe, the last name was a history student, yes, and he says, oh, how sudoplatov is missing, well, how missing sudoplatov, let’s hope that the events in spain did take place. we will take on this matter, it will be honest.

let's speak to investigative journalist christo grozev who was featured in the academy award winningeratives behind alexei navalny�*s poisoning in 2020. thank you very much for being with us, very difficult time for all supporters and friends and family of course of alexei navalny. tell us your thoughts of when you heard the news yesterday of his death? weill. news yesterday of his death? well, it was almost _ news yesterday of his death? well, it was almost deja _ news yesterday of his death? well, it was almost deja vu. _ news yesterday of his death? well, it was almost deja vu. a _ news yesterday of his death? well, it was almost deja vu. a couple - news yesterday of his death? -ii it was almost deja vu. a couple of months ago there was a moment when everybody from his team and also investigative journalist calling him thought that he might have been killed, that was a period when he was moved from one relatively centraljail in russia to the remote permafrost of siberia where he was held for the last couple of months. he disappeared for almost a month and we were all worrying, thi

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which daniel documented, which we were privileged to be a part of along with bellingcat led by christo grozev's very unlikely that we will have that kind of a thorough and clear reckoning as to how exactly alexei navalny one was killed. but the bottom line ultimately whether it's from his friends, his followers, world leaders across the globe, is that russia is responsible, no matter or how exactly he may have died today. the reality is, he was being held in the custody of the russian state and you heard president biden himself say it. vladimir putin is the man responsible? >> being tortured at the very least psychologically having somebody put in his cell who'd never bathed and who had some severe mental or emotional issues i mean, you know, the full extent of the stresses and harbours that he had to face on a daily basis. it there it's untold. daniel. i just want to play a bit more from the film, from your film, where he speaks to his supporters noodles. we >> need to utilize this power to not give up. those don't to remember what we are a huge power got that not quite as being oppressed by

to determine that he had been poisoned with this lethal nerve agent, novichok then you had christo grozev, this extraordinary investigator with bellingcat who worked with a team of us at cnn going through databases, going through flight manifests, and gradually he really was able to put together a clear and coherent picture of this team of fsb operatives who had been falling pulling navalny for many years. but in this instance, how on earth we could expect for there to be any kind of serious autopsy, any kind of transparency from the russian penal colony services, from the russian government about exactly what happened to navalny. i don't think anyone is expecting that, so i think there will likely remain a large question mark over how exactly alexei navalny died today. the broader question though, of who was responsible for his death is much easier to solve. and we have heard many of his followers, leaders, president, us president joe biden saying unequivocally that it is the responsibility of president vladimir putin and the russian state and whose custody he was being held. >> absolute

which daniel documented, which we were privileged to be a part of along with bellingcat, led by christo grozev. i think it's very unlikely that we will have that kind of a thorough and clear reckoning as to how exactly alexei navalny was killed. but the bottom line, ultimately, whether it's from his friends, his followers world leaders across the globe, is that russia is responsible no matter how exactly he may have died today. the reality is, he was being held in the custody of the russian state and you heard president biden himself say it. vladimir putin is the man responsible for being tortured? the very least psychologically, having somebody put in his cell who'd never bathed and who had some severe mental or emotional issues. >> i mean the full extent of the stresses and horrors that he had to face on a daily basis. it there it's untold. daniel, i just want to play a bit more from the film, from your film, where he speaks to his supporters noodles. we >> need to utilize this power to not give up. those don't to remember, we are a huge power got that now. >> court is being oppressed by the

which daniel documented, which we were privileged to be a part of along with bellingcat led by christo grozev. i think it's very unlikely that we will have that kind of a thorough and clear reckoning as to how exactly alexei navalny was killed. but the bottom line and ultimately, whether it's from his friends, his followers world leaders across the globe, is that russia is responsible no matter how exactly he may have died today. the reality is, he was being held in the custody of the russian state and you heard president biden himself say it from your, putin, is the man responsible for also being tortured. so i mean, the very least psychologically, having somebody put in his cell who'd never bathed and who had some severe a mental or emotional issues >> i mean >> you know, the full extent of the stresses and harbours that he had to face on a daily basis. it's there. it's untold daniel. i just want to play a bit more from the film, from your film, where he speaks to his supporters noodles, we need to utilize this power to not give all those don't to remember, we are a huge power. got that not

august of 2020, he investigated this himself with his team of investigators, as well as with christo grozev. it was on a cnn documentary, navalny >> the when he called the fsb >> agent, who was one of the people responsible for poisoning him. he explained how what they did to cover up, what they did. so i'm sure that that's exactly what's happening right now. >> just some context. your deep knowledge and expertise in this area, you know, alexei navalny, you reminded everyone you posted and i took was looking at it. you posted a photo of you and alexei navalny from back in 2012 when you were i believe it was right before you were leaving? russia, yulia said this morning, i will continue the work of alexei navalny and also she urged in her words, were i asked you to share with me in rage you said this weekend that there's a feeling that hope has died this weekend for the opposition movement in russia. can yulia carry this on >> well the other feeling that was voiced a lot this weekend, both at the munich security conference and among our positionally minded russians, was can the opposition li

christo grozev is an investigative journalist who exposed the operatives behind mr navalny�*s poisoningu in many respects. first of all, a couple of months ago, there was a moment when everybody from his team, and also investigative journalists, who were following him, thought that he might have been killed. that was the period when he was moved to one relatively centraljail in a prison in russia, to the remote permafrost of siberia, where he was held for the last couple of months. he disappeared for almost a month. and we were all worrying, thinking that maybe if putin wanted to kill him, that would be the perfect time, with no witnesses. then he reappeared and we were so happy. and then yesterday, the news literally brought the same fears, but this time with a terrible conclusion. my first thought was, of course, what his family must be feeling right now, who have been going through three years of not knowing what's happening with their husband and dad. they kept him in solitary confinement against the constitution, the russian constitution, against russian laws, a total of 300 days a

. - and now i am joined by christo grozev, investigative journalist, formerly with bellingcat, now at, who exposed the operatives behind alexei navalny�*s poisoning in 2020 and is included in russian president vladimir putin's "most wanted" list, a founding member of the feminist group pussy riot, nadya tolokonnikova, and associate fellow of russian policy at rusi natia seskuria. nadya and christo both knew alexei navalny well. our condolences to you, first of all, nadya. how much of a surprise was this in the sense that alexei navalny will surely endangered as soon as he went to the colony? it was a great surprise, because for a lot of us, alexei navalny was not just a human, lot of us, alexei navalny was not justa human, he lot of us, alexei navalny was not just a human, he was a hero, lot of us, alexei navalny was not justa human, he was a hero, and especially after he got away with almost being assassinated, but he survived. we felt like he is going to live forever, and goodness is going to overcome the evil. but christo, you are pretty sure it is not a natural death, but i wonder