here's jim axelrod. >> sometimes i feel like it's in a bad dream. >> reporter: garry kasparov doesn'tthe 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 putin? >> i do respect him. >> reporter: kasparov is referring specifically to this exchange. >> putin's a killer. >> there are a lot of killers. we got a lot of killers, what, 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, kasparov was arrested and beaten multiple times, finally fleeing four years ago. boris nemsov was murdered. and vladimir karamuza poisoned, twice. >> 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 he criticized the day of equivalence,