hung in the balance. not another penny will go to ukraine. jordan (voiceover): congress eventually gave ukraine a whole lot of pennies, but aid was stalled for seven months. in that time, ukraine suffered tremendous battlefield losses. so people are actually dying because members of congress are parroting fake russian bullshit. so is that a win for putin? 1,000%. jordan (voiceover): yes. putin was winning, but it wasn't just because of disinformation. what's happening in russia is basically a republican wet dream. they have banned the international lgbt movement. they're restricting abortion. vladimir putin invokes a lot of what republicans call "wokeness." it just seems that magaheads, they're much more comfortable with that authoritarian persona, especially when the guy is white, male, christian-- shirtless, hairless-- [music playing] clearly, a big putin fan. well-- i mean, i-- it's like a souvenir. jordan (voiceover): meet kline preston. that's the founder of the kgb?