arrests in the country, monday's protests was smaller than similar rallies organized against dmitry medvedevnd policeeded arrested 1000 people, including -- was given a 16 day jail term. man behind thee current unrest in russia? a bit more. anchor: he has been called the best hope for russian liberalization and has become one of the leading voices of the anti-kremlin opposition. for grab theawyer attention of an outspoken blogger in 2008. writing about corruption in state-owned corporations. tired of living in poverty under the ruling party,, which he calls the party of cooks and thieves. he leads mass protests in the capital after the common was accused of vote rigging. he was arrested and imprisoned but released in time to speak at the largest rally in moscow. >> we know why we are here. do we want their privileges, do we want their oil? we want them to return what belongs to us. >> young russians weren't the only ones listening. after vladimir putin was reelected president, his government was placed under criminal investigation. he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years

then when dmitry medvedev became president, he said famously freedom is better than on freedom. now words didn't mean their opposite anymore, they just meant nothing. the phrase dictatorship of the law is so impossible as the same as the law. donald chump has an instinct for the kind of violence to language that are familiar to me from speaking and writing in russian. he has a particular nose for taking words and phrases that deal with power relationships and turning them into their opposite. think about for example how he used the phrase save space when talking about mike pence and the visit to hamilton. it was the vice president elect. he was then addressed by the cast of the show and trump said this shouldn't have happened because theaters should be a safe space. [laughter] now, the thing about the phrase safe space as it was coined to describe a place where people usually feel unsafe and powerless would feel exceptionally safe. claiming the second-most powerful masecond mostpowerful d be granted a safe space in public drove the concept precisely on its head and he does have

of times, detailing the kind of yachts and estates belonging especially to the prime minister dmitry medvedeveally resonates with the young who feel that the political elite in this country lead a very, very different life when many normal people can't really scrape past the poverty line. he's campaigning to run for president in next year's elections, and it's unclear whether he will because of a lightly spurious embezzlement conviction. that means -- the laws in this country may mean he can't run for public office but with these protests he's trying to put pressure on the kremlin so if they block him from running it will appear illegitimate and against the public will and so far he's been sprayed with antiseptic and you can see him with burns to the eye. he is a very interesting figure and someone that the kremlin will be watching and i think possibly fearing. jake. >> indeed. diana, thanks so much. >>> the first family is back together living under one roof. will that affect the president's nighttime tweeting routine? that's next. america's beverage companies have come together to bring you

a slick and detailed expose alleging corruption by prime minister dmitry medvedev, which now has more than 20 million views. medvedev denies the allegations. on that day, they were up at dawn streaming the protests. then the police arrived, and that was live streamed too. some of them spent seven days in detention, accused of refusing to heed a supposed bomb threat and leave their office. >> are you worried about the risk of what you do here? >> our motivation is not in fear. we are trying to build a beautiful russia of the future. >> reporter: while the kremlin goes out of its way to ignore them, one billionaire, a close ally of vladimir putin, had this response to the claim that he's part of medvedev's corrupt circle. i spit on you, he says. he has since successfully sued for defamation. a small price to pay. >> not a very long time ago, no high-ranked authority would even pronounce his name. i think it's a good thing. >> reporter: in the face of the kremlin's might, this insurgency is trying to build momentum for its next big test. with a few modern tools and some old-fashioned one

it's board of overseers includes dmitry medvedev, the former president of russia.gorkov trained at an espionage school in russia. so it's very closely embedded in the russian government itself. >> so you're saying it might for foreign policy reasons, not for business reasons. >> maybe for both. i think what you're seeing here is a possibility that the russians said we can put some money to work in the united states. and in exchange, get sanctions lifted on both our banking system and the country itself. >> tim o'brien, it is fascinating. a thread to keep pulling on. thanks for being here. >> thanks, ari. >> i appreciate it. >>> still ahead, some news on what the white house is doing on domestic policy while a lot of attention has been elsewhere. new bikes aren't selling guys... what are we gonna do? how about we pump more into promotions? ♪ nah. what else? what if we hire more sales reps? ♪ nah. what else? what if we digitize the whole supply chain? so people can customize their bike before they buy it. that worked better than expected. i'll dial it back. yeah, dia

when you have -- back in 2010, then president dmitry medvedev who is now the prime minister accused bytate holdings when he says a third of our federal budget disappears to corruption. >> oh, wow. >> you know it's at least half. >> a pretty fantastic return on investment for putin with almost no resources, he's maged to cause ite a lot of disruptn in europe's political systems, caused quite a lot of disruption in the american election, and what did he do? paid off a few hackers. that's not going to cost him very much. >> he's brilliant at leveraging his limited resources. he has nuclear weapons and energy. >> hackers. >> he's got hackers. he's got great pr sense. >> he's got president -- >> he's also got a toehold in hot spots in syria, he's threatening europe, just by remaining in the ukraine, he's threatening all of europe. the guy is better at doing more with less than anybody on the world stage. >> he's a master of the media. we look at trump as being a master and manipulated the media to get elected, not just the russian media but the american media. >> he knows we're obsessed wit