igor ivanovic has for quite some time demonstrated a desire to get bashneft within rosneft. by the way, i don't know, after this scandal will he continue to have this desire or whether he's going to find another finance group and purchase it through this company. until recently, bashneft was in the ambit of medvedev. now, from all appearances, medvedev's political position has weakened. while vladimir yevtushenkov didn't realize this immediately, while igor ivanovic is a man of traditional views, which is if you can grab a piece, you've got to grab it. >> charlie: he's also the closest person to vladimir putin, is he not? >> well, he has always carried out the functions of a servant of his whose job is to take care of a whole bunch of tasks that putin didn't want to deal with himself. i think that maybe in a lesser role, but he still remains in this position. but you should note that he knows putin well and knows how to manipulate him well. i think that this effectiveness, this efficiency which consists of him coming up to putin with a question and just that time when putin

coming up in about five minutes, live coverage from former russian minister igor ivanov.that event hosted by the wilson center here in washington, d.c. you can see it live starting at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. also as part of c-span campaign 2014 coverage we have been bringing you debates on key house, senate and governor races. the race for montana's at-large congressional district features republican ryan and democrat john lewis. the first televised debate over the weekend, the candidates spoke about america's approach towards combating icy. here's a quick look. >> might upload a call for economic sanctions against isis. tell me how you put economic sanctions against a non-nation state. maybe we should perhaps right a curtsy worded letter to isis is a danger to my danger to the captain of a three-pronged approach forget to shut down our southern border. our southern border is no longer an immigration issue. it's a security and immigration threat. a nation that can build a panama canal in the 19th century certainly can build a fence in the 21st. secondly, unfortunate