leader of this gang, with several members, a man known as the surgeon, a former dental surgeon named aleksander zaldostanov. how did this motorcycle club develop such a strong relationship with the leader of this country? "putin in special," he tell us. "he's much smarter than other government bureaucrats." the night wolves can become a wildly popular cultural phenomenon in russia. putin noticed that and now, they're funded by his regime. they even have a paramilitary wing, which putin allegedly used when he invaded ukraine. we went to their training camp. they claim they're just training for self-defense. the u.s. state department isn't buying it. they say the night wolves are putin's shadow army. the you in the sanctions, saying that you help the night wolves carry out criminal activities in ukraine. his response? "i have to laugh." dan harris, abc news, russia. >> dan harris from russia tonight. and we should mention a special edition of "nightline" with much more of dan's reporting tonight after jimmy kimmel. >>> in the meantime, there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this w

participating in all future olympic games the suspension of the russian olympic committee president aleksander. i.o.c. members as well as one of the sanctions as well as a hefty fine for russia that is now going to be asked to pay a total sum of fifteen million u.s. dollars to reimburse the costs that were incurred by the international olympic committee during these investigations that had been carried out one of them the main one that was discussed here today the schmidt investigation that looked into the state sponsored process so certainly lots of measures here the question arises why is it that those police who are clean despite being able to partake are still not going to be doing it under the russian flag is the question because this is could be easily seen of course something that's still some kind of collective punishment for so we have to keep in mind that there has been talk in russia that if this kind of measure would be taken then there could be a boycott taking place we're going to have to see if that happens clearly this is something that's going to be very upsetting to russian a

aleksander kristiansen is a university exchange student who was on the train when it derailed.. iwas in were on that train when it derailed. i was in the bathroom when the train was derailed, so i was standing up, so what happened was that i was thrown to the ground, and ijust remember seeing how, like, thrown to the ground, and ijust rememberseeing how, like, our luggage was falling off the shelves. there were seats getting detached and starting to move around, and obviously the people in my train car also were being thrown around and i remember seeing the windows getting smashed, so, like, iwas... i remember most clearlyjust, like, the feeling of... was i wasn't able to hold on to anything, ijust remember the feeling of being so, like tom helpless, just all i could do wasjust wait like tom helpless, just all i could do was just wait until this train would finally stop moving. so, when that finally happened, i was so grateful that i was able just to get up grateful that i was able just to get up by grateful that i was able just to get up by myself and stand on my legs. and i r