wants better relations with russia, but former russian chess master and human rights advocate gary kasparov, putin plays a dangerous game. here's jim axelrod. >> sometimes i feel like it's in a bad dream. >> reporter: he doesn't like the way the relationship between donald trump and vladamir putin is taking shape. >> he has never criticized vladamir putin. he always came up with some kind of comparing putin's actions. >> do you respect puten? >> i do respect him. >> reporter: he's referring specifically to this exchange. >> putin's a killer. >> there are a lot of killers. do you think our country is so innocent? >> how do we find a person -- vladamir putin was always an exception. >> reporter: the former world chess champion, who became one of putin's most vocal critics in russia, he was arrested and beaten multiple times, before fleeing. boris nemsov was murdered. >> the way putin has been presenting the world to the russian people, yes, we do certain things we may not like. so everybody does it. and now see, the president of the united states confirms this. >> reporter: this week, after h