. >> his allies, al allah garks, his chiefs of police in the military can pillage the country and store those assets in the westhey're permitted to do so by vladimir putin as long as they get loyalty in return. what they then give putin back in return is enthusiasm, support, a cut. >> putin denies that and says the investigation into the trump campaign's possible collusion with russia is not legitimate. >> translator: what we see is merely a growth of anti-russian hysteria and the unitization of rush phobia for politics. >> but this has come at a huge personal cost. what are the security threats you've received. >> the russian government has made numerous death threats against me that they want to kill me, would like to kidnap him, have me arrested and sent back to russia. >> putin's aids accuse broud are of exciting financial crimes in russia which they've convicted of him of. putin has called that accusation garba garbage. brian todd, cnn washington. >>> still ahead this hour, a diplomatic crisis is brewing between berlin and an-kara. >>> plus they say a germany of a thousand miles begins with a single step.