more recently, deripaska and manafort came into a financial dispute.n an e-mail to the "washington post" by an associate that the u.s. belves has ties to russian intelligence, manafort even considered on his ownet r to give deripaska private briefings about the campaign. skst year the u.s. slapped sanctions on dea and hisco mpany. at the time, treasury secretary steven mnuchin said the aim was to hite russian government. while the sanctions against deripaska remain, they have been lifted from some of his largest holdings after deripaska agreed to reduce his stake and control in the firm where are you going now? today i sat down with deripaska , me to largeest maker of commercial vehicl company still under american sanctions. do you feel that the attorney general's summary of the mueller report has e >> i never felt guilty. i'm not a subject, first of all, as you know, but in my vit was so bizarre to claim that russia played any important role in those elections. >> reporter: we know from the court comes that russia did interfere in the election, no jus

slapped sanctis on deripaska and his company.t the time, treasury secetary steven mnuchin said the aim was to hit at the russian government. while the sanctions against deripaska remain, they have been lifted from some of his largest holdingsreafter deripaska to reduce his stake and control in the firm. where are you going now? day i sat down with deripaska home to largeest maker of commerci vehicles, a company still under american sanctions. ey you feel that the atto general's summary of the mueller report has exonerated you? >> i never felt guilty. i'm not a subject, first of all, as you know, but in my view it was o bizarre to claim that russia played any important role in those elections. >> reporter: we know from the court comes that russia did interfere in the election, not just in the digital landscape, but in real ways like organizing protests. the evidence that they'vead allaid out in various court filings is pretty convincing, no? >> i don't beeve in this to be honest. lyive in russia. i know what russiastate is capable

deripaska had business interests." manafort's job for more than a decade, before he started working for trump, was that he installed friendly political officials in office on behalf of a kremlin-connected oligarch. the oligarch paid him to install people in high office in foreign countries for the convenience of the kremlin. that was donald trump's campaign chair. and incidentally, that associated press story from the spring of 2017 turns out to be right. the explicit terms of manafort's arrangement with this oligarch, "referenced the need to brief the kremlin and referenced the benefits that the work could confer on the putin government." oh, the benefits for the putin government, they'd need to be kept fully apprised on manafort's work to bring about those benefits by installing friendly officials in foreign countries. that's who trump brought on to run his campaign. and we're going to be talking about this for a long while yet. there is a -- there is a ton here. but, i mean, just for the purposes of tonight, you sho

deripaska being the exception where they kind of rolled back what they were doing. they felt like they made a mistake that would help aluminum industry outside. >> and kentucky. >> that's exactly right. what putin looks to is the president. i was in moscow for four years for the washington post. when we did interviews with him it was clear that it only mattered to him if the president of the united states was taking a position. it is consequential if a president chooses not to publicly take the stance even if the rest of the administration does. >> really important point. thank you very much. thanks to all. coming up, community reeling as a funeral service is held for the victim of california synagogue shooting. the rabbi vows to fight an anti-semitism and hate. m and h >> go to your synagogue. we need to show them that terrorism and evil will never prevail. that terrorism and evil will never prevail. and...whatever this was. because we make our meat with the good of the deli and no artificial preservatives. make every sandwich count with oscar mayer deli fresh. and

for his part, deripaska says he was never worried about the mueller investigation.e attorney general's summary of the mueller report has exonerated you? >> i never felt guilty. i'm not a subject, first of all, as you know, but in my view it was so bizarre to claims that russia, you know, made any important role in that election. >> if you are such a believer in mueller and the process of justice, why didn't you when the special counsel sent you written questions, why didn't you answer the request he is? >> it was advice from my lawyers. they just said don't bother. they will settle this thing without you. >> that's an easy way out. then why wouldn't you just say, i have absolutely nothing to hide, i'm happy to talk to you, here are my answers? i don't understand. >> first of all, i have my rights to do so and, second, when i saw the list of questions, you know, some of the questions had nothing to do -- they were very preposterous, my daughter just said don't bother. >>> all right. house speaker nancy pelosi is keeping an eye on the release of the mueller report whi

a rare conversation with oleg deripaska, the russian billionaire whose name has become closely associatedt the mueller ination. plus, the art of the flower. one of the world's m celebrated landscape architects, piet oudolf, on creating gardens that evoke more than beauty. >> what you put down in gardens isore a beginning. sometimes i say, a promise. for the futu and you have to guide it to that future. >> woodruff: all that and more,