when i looked at carter page and i saw carter page's connection to the kremlin, and when i took a look at roger stone, who is a close ally of the president, and he too has been involved with russia over the years. i said why is it all of these people with these kind of connections are in one place here, in one administration, what's wrong with this picture? and we began to see more and more, don't forget, there was a proposal by trump's attorney, cohen that he was presenting to flynn before flynn was really revealed, and that proposal was all about bringing together the ukraine with the kremlin, and the interest of lifting the sanctions. lifting the sanctions, i think even though that has not been delved into strongly enough, i really do think that much of this is about lifting the sanctions. why did putin want trump to be president. why is it he did not want hillary clinton to be president? it is because, i believe, that between trump and his son in law kushner, they discovered there's some money opportunities here, big money opportunities here in russia, and with the kremlin, and i t

if they look beyond the language that we heard from the kremlin yesterday, this is unacceptable, thiseat on the assad regime, what actually happened is the general, russia's top military strategist and as well as the joint chiefs of staff there went to syria, met with assad and according to the kremlin discussed the use of syrian ground troops and russian air force, so a coordination there. the way that is being framed i you can see that assad has heard from the top military leadership in russia, what they expect and what they're willing to do. we also heard from the kremlin as well as that language pushing back on the white house statement, we also heard them say they condemn the use of chemical weapons and in that conversation between secretary of state rex tillerson and the russian foreign minister, that phone conversation we now know it included part of the conversation on chemical we tons. as we heard from pentagon officials there was a real risk cruise missile strikes targeting assad forces would mean a further escalation. >> thanks so much. >>> all right. republicans with a maj

that helps the kremlin. it's not great. i also don't think it's in america's self-interest to question that alliance because you have significant interest in europe and in europe's periphery. and the alliance without europeans, helps you pursue those national self-interests. senator heinrich: coy not agree more. mr. sarts, you talked about how we should take the truth directly to the russian people because of the filter that they receive so much of their information through. how can we cut out putin and speak directly to the russian people? director sarts: i think it is very clear and that is the same environment. which is the digital one. and if one takes note of the recent protest in russia against the corruption, it was very strikingly how young the crowd was. it is also very clear that these people don't any more get their world view from the tv. it's all about social networks. that's the way you can get the truth back to them. i'm sure kremlin will try to put up a new element to block us, but i think that is an environ

there is a source inside the kremlin, a notoriously unleaky body. secondly, the cyber implants. >> we did hear from president trump pointing the finger at his predecessor why he did not do more. when you consider the landscape where the trump administration has imposed new sanctions on russia over ukraine. it is the opposite effect of what he campaigned on. warmer relations with russia. how is that perceived there? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. it is completely the opposite of what president trump campaigned on and the opposite of what russia wanted. what did they want out of improved russia and u.s. relations? rehabilitation on the world stage. they are pretty isolated. the g8 is now g7. the oil prices have had a stifling effect on the russian economy. and the president trump administration would improve the ties. now the russia probe will not go away and it has now become effectively politically toxic for president trump to be seen to cozy up to the russians. not actually, but the president met with sergei lavrov and meeting alongside --

we're attacked by kremlin. and what we can do is actually help also people within russia to recognize what is the actual realities. i think that is the most powerful weapon, the truth. the truth that kremlin is hiding away from their own citizens, and that i think the weapon that we have, which is the most mighty. >> my time, thank you. >> senator rubio. >> excuse me. may i add a few words? i personal ly lived in a countr which was under sanctions. and i have personal experience of being a citizen of a country and lead ago normal life in a country under sanctions. for sanctions to start working and to start bearing fruits, you need time. it took like nine years for yugoslavia, which was smaller, really smaller than russia, to see sanctions working. i can imagine that in the case of russia, we have to endure perseverance as needed and sanctions will start bearing fruit at certain point. so i don't think that we should stop or rethink this strategy. on top of it, someone mentioned, i think, ambassador mentioned i

and the kremlin. when the claimants say this is a large rectory for lgbt people in russia, if they did after the ruling was announced, they may be right, but only on a moral level. they were aborted 50,000 euros -- awarded 50,000 euros for bringing in the case of a couple years ago, but really what this is for the kremlin is an embarrassment on the international stage. the kremlin is sensitive to how it is viewed in europe, a member of the council of europe, which the council on human rights and deals with. for the kremlin, that is the extent of it. they say they will appeal in the next three months. that is what the justice ministry said. they are arguing on the ground that they are protecting children, that this gay propaganda law, as it is termed, has been put in place to protect children. >> the european court has claimed it is a gay propaganda law. what else does this entail? is, it says, for anybody found guilty of issuing propaganda -- we could read that as real language, information about bein

playbook by csis, the center for strategic international studies, and the kremlin's trojan horse by the atlantic council. both of them report that russia takes advantage of nontransparency in campaign financing to build its shadowy webs of influence and control. you leave dark money channels lying around, and it is likely vladimir putin and his oligarchs will find them. the trojan horse's report warns this -- i'll quote it -- the kremlin's blatant attempts to influence and disrupt the u.s. presidential election should serve as an inspiration for a democratic push-back -- that's lower case "d" democratic push-back. and the report points to one key way we need to push back. electoral rules should be amended so that publicly funded political groups, primarily political parties should, at the very least, be required to report their sources of funding. that is, end dark money. likewise, the kremlin playbook report warns, and i'll quote it -- enhancing transparency and the effectiveness of the western democratic tools, instruments, and institutions is critical to resilience against russia

the key editors of media in russia with the kremlin officials. reportedly they coordinate the messaging. senator burr: it's not a news outlet as we would define in the united states, independent? mr. sarts: yes. senator burr: if i understood your testimony, i think there was a discussion that -- suggestion that america's social media platforms knew that they were part of a coordinated attack especially as it related to france. did i hear you correctly? mr. sarts: the media platforms ve the data to see where the information originates and i assistingve been also the french media to make sure that within these platforms the information that these consortiums find as factually correct have the preeminence. senator burr: media outlets have the ability to understand whether a bot has been used to make it look like there's tremendous public support for an issue versus real public support is that an accurate state snment mr. sarts: yes, it is actually. it's more than just the media themselves themselves. there's increased number of research and also we

the kremlin has really flipped the narrative here.every new acquisition that comes out about cyber meddling, and that in france, in monte hp negro, that has created the political climate here where ordinary russians view it as ridiculous and political chaos elsewhere. less than a year ago from a presidential election in russia, is no bad thing for president putin. he is widely expected to run for a another six years in office in those elections next spring. so this could be politically useful for him. and there's another aspect where advance of those are ramping up its efforts in its own affairs. just weeks ago parliament here agreed to setup a commission to prevent interference in russia's foreign affairs, like controlling mgos. so there really is a sense that while this is raging in washington, the kremlin is really harnessing that. >> and we know that has worked for vladimir putin in the past. clar, thank you so much. >>> mean when i will, polls are open in the united kingdom as voters deciding between the conservative party led by

isn't that the message that they get from the kremlin? no, i don't think so.re so afraid of the west. but, what my point is, again, we cannot understand each other, we consider history differently, but the only way to overcome differences, that is to talk. on this question of economic governance and corruption, i can cite you a transparency international report which put russia so far down the league table of corruption that malawi, sierra leone — these are countries that are actually less corrupt, according to them, than russia is today. the heritage foundation saying that the private sector in russia is so constrained by the encroachment of the state and the failure to defend the rule of law that foreign direct investment, for example, is a huge risk in russia today. all of these different ways in which putin's russia is failing its people. listen, again, you know, we can name "putin's russia" but russia is a country with state owners, the duma, with the senate, with the president. we are a presidential republic. let's be clear — what really happens in russi

. -- this is location the kremlin's decision. >> the change was due to the authorities interfering withundstage equipment before he was able to attend his wife said he was arrested outside their home. the police's heavy-handed approach saw scores of protesters taken in. some among them claimed they would not -- they were not even anticipating. >> owes on my way to a cafe. a police man said to me go with me. i said i'm on the way to meet my girlfriend. he said go with us to now i want to know why i was detained. despite hundreds of arrests in the country, monday's protests was smaller than similar rallies organized against dmitry medvedev. and 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

he's not super close to the kremlin right now but he's been one around the oligarchs around putin andin intelligence. he graduated from their spy akdny. >> "d," the white house's answer, part of jared's duties as transition official, just in fairness to them. keir, first of all, you're much more polite than any american journalist would is been. congratulations on that. second, what were you hoping to get from him? >> reporter: yeah, i don't know if it was a master class in journalism, but thanks for that. i didn't get any answers in the end, did i? so, but what i was simply hoping to do, as you heard, find out what happened in the meeting which seemed like a straightforward question that you hope to get an answer to. look, the bank that he heads has been described, you know, as the kremlin's laser-guided missile, it's been described as president putin's slush fund. the truth is probably somewhere in the middle of that. what we don't know is just why it was that jared kushner met with him in december. there are explanations that we could jump to, if you like. you know, possibly they w

and the german politicians certainly need to do better against the kremlin information and germany is not the first country and we cannot tell long string that we learn from our friends and allies with that said we have no reason whatsoever but in fact, the success of russian interference that we could examine those so what type of interference does this take? if there were a major terrorist attack that could be exploited by the propaganda. bill with that substance of those 16 gigabytes we have not seen them yet but it is just as likely a visible attempt could backfire and interference could just as well take probing and testing of vulnerability is that continuous slow drip of what is happening. and we must not over dramatize in with fab propaganda to think it is bigger than it is actually. so we can fight this in the marketplace and with the historical volatility in here the relationship with american is key we know that they need to do more for their defense that transatlantic and it's already taken many steps. but the alliance the political economic military and intelligence partne

as detesta ble colluded with the kremlin as detestable lies. who fell into a coma while in prison to be flown home. and scientists in china discovered six dinosaurfossil and scientists in china discovered six dinosaur fossil beds. they are the only ones to be found in a modern urban area. the story is popular on bbc .com across asia. let's have a look at some of the front pages from around the world. starting with the china daily. an establishment of diplomatic ties between beijing and panama. the central american state has links with taiwan. there are reports that panama now recognises that there is only one china and that taiwan is pa rt only one china and that taiwan is part of chinese territory. moving on to the japan times. on the front pages to the japan times. on the front pa g es story to the japan times. on the front pages story on dennis rodman, arriving in north korea. the paper says his so—called basketball diplomacy has brought speculation that he might have some unofficial role easing tensions between washington and pyongyang. fin

his kremlin contacts and whether he might have committed perjury.ndition's reporting about a possible third undisclosed meet willing with a russian ambassador. >>> day of reckoning. the day is set for fired fbi director james comey to go private about his private conversations with president trump. will his senate testimony be a game changer? >>> acting alone. the house intelligence committee chairman under fire for unilaterally issuing subpoenas related to the russia probe. tonight, a top democrat is accusing devin nunes of violating his pledge to step aside from the investigation. >>> we want to welcome

it's used to support kremlin-friendly oligarchs. you mentioned, it's been a key tool in the kremlin's efforts to bind ukraine more closely to russia and to try to keep it out of the west's sphere of influence if you will. >> there's a sort of amazing story you tell in the piece about basically propping up some steel factories in ukraine, sort of against economic interests but just to keep people employed as a sort of propaganda victory that then had to be bailed out. >> exactly. it's one of these steel mills in question, and i think the most interesting one of these. in fact, since that piece ran, "the wall street journal" revealed that when veb purchased its stake in the mill in 2010, it did so from a man who was investor in a trump project. alexander schneider. he then took the proceeds from that money and funneled those funds into trump's development in toronto, which has become defunct, and that money was use ed to bail out that project. >> you know, the broader picture here is that this bank is under sanction, and one of the th

i think the kremlin and officials in these cities are trying to balance. they're not happy about it, obviously, but did you come down on it too hard and alienate people. the focus here, natalie, really a lot of it is on young people. young people are very important in russia right now. the kremlin is watching them carefully, trying to figure out how they can get their message out. it's a combination of persuasion and sometimes intimidation in some places for the young people and also their parents not to get involved in these demonstrations. >> interesting. yes, young people are becoming more and more the focus these days because they do things their own way and certainly with the help of social media. jill daugherty live for us in moscow. we thank you. >>> the british prime minister is being criticized for trying to form an alicenliance with th northern ireland party. we'll talk with a biographer of two former prime ministers about the future of the british political leadership. comfortable you are in it. so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, fl

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one shot dead near the kreml kremlin.nna shot down in an elevator and vladimir poisoned twice but survived. tonight on russian tv, the top story was putin showing students his office. no mention of the unrest. richard engel, nbc news, moscow. >>> in this country, a fraternity ritual that turned deadly was relived today in a courtroom where a group of penn state students faced a preliminary hearing in the alleged hazing death of a new recruit. nbc's kristen dahlgren was there. >> reporter: 16 of the 18 fraternity brothers facing various charges related to the alcohol-fueled death of 20-year-old timothy piazza heading to court this morning for an emotional and oven fiery hearing. video footage from the fraternity house shown publicly for the first time recorded the night piazza died. piazza is seen falling multiple times. fraternity brothers throwing things at him and trying to dress him before calling 911, 12 hours after his first fall. >> we have a friend unconscious. >> reporter: also in the courtroom, timothy piazza's p

one kremlin, that perhaps it's because the kremlin feels the relationship with the u.s.s deteriorating in a way that they don't really have control over. so they are really trying to regain control of the conversations, really make their voices we heard. perhaps ahead of what's reported tosh an upcoming meeting between trump and putin in july. they want to help set the agenda for that. perhaps as brian is suggesting in this piece, the chaos in washington plays well domestically here, a more calmer and congressional fight, it gives them the confidence to come out noud and speak his mind as he did there. but certainly, nothing really new. we knew the kremlin has always denied any allegations of intervention in the u.s. election or collusion with the trump team. but the delivery was certainly more vehement, more frank and more descriptive in some parts than we've seen in recent weeks an months. >> well, the president did refuse to criticize his u.s. counterpart for backing out of the paris climate accord and also called on u.s. companies to support president trump. here's t

it was taken by the kremlin. the kremlin didn't give them any thing. they got 75,000 shares. it looks like he gave it to his daughter. it's pretty rich for him to invest in a steak and then deny it. this is what they had been doing to donald trump all along saying that he is connected to russia and now people that are respected in the financial industry wear to the shares come from. do they just fall out of the sky. he started to squirm and use his same old talking points. he is not the only one. there is other democrats to have also met with the same ambassador and the accused sessions for meeting with. this is a circle and if they want to play the game let's play it. he personally applauded that american companies efforts. here is the point about that. forget about the russian collusion. even the own personal e-mail got hacked because he was in contact with russians. they ran a elaborate -- a lobbying firm that have connections to russia. and his own brother paid hundred 70,000 by the biggest bank to lobby for it. it begs the question when you have the former homeland secur

if there's a kremlin response to today's hearings. clare sebastian live for us in moscow. thank you. >>> all right, 26 minutes past the hour. a political super bowl of sorts in the senate, james comey in his own words detailing his conversations with the president. he will contradict a big claim from the president. how will president trump respond? >>> president trump has just fired the embattled fbi director, james comey. >> james comey was fired for being too mean to hillary clinton? does anyone believe that? could anyone believe that? >> he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? >> no. next question. >> jim comey wrote a memo that president donald trump asked him to end the investigation into general michael flynn. >> the possibility in his testimony of opening the door to an obstruction of justice charge. >> the most anticipated congressional testimony in decades. >> this is a guy with

trump gets his way it'll be like christmas in the kremlin. >> and the words of warning was not nearly enough. >> i told president putin to cut it out. >> the russian connection inside the attack on knocksy. it was an unprecedented attack on the very heart of american democracy. >> russia is directly beene the series of cyber attack targeting the upcoming election. >> that in one remarkable year catapulted russia, the old cold war advair, one again to the center of american politics and the american sighky on an almost daily basis. >> i think every american should be concerned about what the russians did. >> tampering a presidency. >> i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i don't havefully deals in russia. >> and jurn mining and ending the career of top presidential advisers. >> the president was very concerned that general flynn has misled the vice president and others. >> the president's first national security adviser michael flynn fired for lying about conversations with russia. >> state the obviouses you don't want your national security adviser compromised with the

president putin played tour guide at the kremlin to a group of children.his is how president putin would rather be seen, not as a corrupt leader, but his father of the nation. and certainly not everyone today was in the mood to criticize the government. in moscow, this patriotic festival on the same street as the protest was celebrating russian military might. "protests don't make life better," he says. "not one revolution has ever brought anything good." up the road, this was no russian revolution, but it was a display of defiance from those people, many of them young russians, who believe their country needs change. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: tense day in russia. the drama is building yet again on capitol hill in washington. the u.s. attorney general will testify in front of a senate committee on tuesday. he will be asked about his contacts with russian officials and the firing of fbi director james comey. at the daily briefing, sean spicer declined to say whether sessions would invoke executive privilege -- that is, the right not to answe

and we know that the kremlin has done this before in eastern europe, and there's something called thelaybook, a document which talks about how they do it, and part of the way they do it is they corrupt people. and we -- >> and then they own them. >> and then they own them. and we see manafort and flynn taking money from the russians. we see trump's son saying 2008 that a disproportionate amount of our money is coming from russia. i mean, if the trump businesses are in large part financed by-- you know, it's hard to borrow money in the united states after you've gone bankrupt many times. and so-- and if your son is saying there's a lot of russian money coming into our business, he's presumably saying because there's a lot of russian money coming into their business. so that's-- and part of the kremlin playbook is corrupting people, is getting their claws into them by investing in them and corrupting them. and so we will-- this will unfold. >> rose: there is a new exhibit at new york's museum of modern art. it celebrates the art of robert rauchenberg. he his collaborations included work

has been following the case closely kremlin has addressed the concerns of the number of family saying that while these cases are very hard to crack the kremlin believes that eventually whoever is responsible whether masterminded the attack will be brought to justice. there's a little sign of a thaw in the simmering rather between germany and turkey now the german foreign minister is advising president not to hold public events when it comes for the g twenty summit. we have received an official request for president to have permission to address german based turkish citizens during the g twenty summit it is not a good idea the federal government is of the same opinion on this but diplomatic relations between burley and. are at an all time low we heard from sigma gabriele there the german foreign minister now martin shultz the social democratic party his candidate for chancellor of course the former president of the european parliament he's also said that foreign politicians that trade on our values at home should not be given a stage to speak here in germany talking about the one we've

has been following the case closely kremlin has addressed the concerns of the number of family saying that while these cases are very hard to crack the kremlin believes that eventually whoever is responsible whether masterminded the attack will be brought to justice. so that's how things look so far today here on our table from me in about half an hour's time. when lawmakers manufactured incentives to public wells. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final merry go round. we can all middle of the room see. the real news is really low. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself in taking your last turn. your attitude up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry if only i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feelings started to change you talked about war like it was a game still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our ark and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not

he continues that the kremlin's blatant attempts to influence and disrupt the u.s. presidential election should serve as an inspiration for a democratic pushback. well, we should certainly push back by requiring political entities in this country to report their sources of funding. another of our witnesses, heather connolly, at the center for strategic and international studies wrote about the kremlin playbook. the report, the kremlin playbook, calls corruption the common thread among these various drivers of russian influence. it is the author's right, and i quote, the lubricant on which this system operates. and she testified just today in the helsinki commission, i quote, that corruption is a systemic weakness within a country that is exploited and influenced by adversaries and from which no country is immune, including the united states. where russia can work in dark ms. russian -- darkness, russian acts exploit democratic institutions toput influence using corruption. russia has done this in the former soviet union and in europe for decades. and we should be pr

the kremlin is notoriously unleaky organization, or government body. so, you can imagine that they will be trying to find out, determine how the cia came upon that intelligence. and of course, secondly, this session that president obama initiated the program to plant digital cyber bombs in russian infrastructure. now, we don't know how far that program went. but if donald trump tweeted, yesterday, the obama administration knew far in advance of the election about election meddling by russia but did nothing, why? well, it would seem as though in fact president obama could have left a very powerful tool in his hands. >> yeah, absolutely. and now according to "the washington post" and talk here on cnn within the past couple hours, it would be very hard to bring repercussions to russia at this stage of the game. the question is, what's next for the relations between russia and the u.s. the last we saw, they were all having a good time. at least with some russian officials in the oval office. >> well, i think each week, relations seem to deteriorate. russia

. >> reporter: they showed up from the kremlin and cities nationwide to show dissatisfaction. >> this is what happens when you try to demonstrate against vladimir putin. these demonstrators have come out and denouncing putin calling him a criminal and the riot police are pushing him back. they are making it very, very clear that this demonstration is not going to be tolerat tolerated. >> reporter: the flash mob answered a call on social media from opposition leader alexi but he never made it arrested outside his home sentenced to 30 days in jail. the rallying cry is anti corruption. he has a hugely popular youtube show designed to show the pab laos weal fabulous wealth of cri kremlin insiders. in many ways, he's the last prominent critic standing. morris shot dead near the kremlin and anna shot down in an elevator and vladimir poisoned twice but ser voo -- survived. tonight on russian tv the top story was putin showing students his office. no mention of the unrest. >>> in this country a fraternity ritual that turned deadly was relived today in a courtroom where a group of penn state s

let's get some perspective from the kremlin.s foreign moscow bureau chief jill doherty. thank you so much for joining us this saturday. what does this apparent confirmation about vladimir putin's direct order to meddle in the 2016 election change? does it alter anything at all? >> you know, i don't think if you're talking about the meeting that we expect will happen between president trump and president putin, in the early part of july at the g-20, i don't think it's going to affect much of anything. this is a subject neither leader wants to talk about. it's something that he avoids or just completely denies, trump and then do you have president putin, who also doesn't want to get involved in that subject, it's something that he has denied russia has done. he's been saying, show me the evidence, we never did it. so i would predict, we never know, but i would predict that it's something that won't come up. what probably would come up would be let's work together fighting terrorism, especially in syria, in fact the state departmen

>> well, the bank is very close to the kremlin. overseers includes dmitry medvedev, the former president of russia. sergey 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 . 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. >> whose word do you trust more, president trump or fbi director james comey? >> i have never further to add. >> earlier today you said the president should be impeached if the comey memo is true. do you stand by that comment? >> have i nothing furthe

trump gets his way, it will be like christmas in the kremlin. >> when words of warning were not nearly enough. >> i saw president putin tell him to cut it out. >> tonight, a cnn special report. "the russian connection: inside the attack on democracy." it was an unprecedented attack on the very heart of american democracy. >> russia is directly behind a series of cyber attacks. t the upcoming presidential election. >> that in one remarkable year catapulted russia, the old cold war adversary, once again to the center of american politics and the american psyche on an almost daily basis. >> i think every american should be concerned about what the russians did. >> this is a centipede, a shoe will drop every few days. >> the presidency. >> i owe nothing in russia. i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russia. >> and undermining and even ending the careers of top presidential advisers. >> the president was very concerned that general flynn had misled the vice president and others. >> the president's first national security adviser michael flynn fired for lying about conversat

instead, he played to guide at the kremlin to a group of children.r be seen. president putin would rather be seen. not as a corrupt leader as father of the nation. and certainly not everyone today was in the mood to criticise the government. in moscow, this patriotically festival on the same street as the protest was celebrating russian military might. translation: protests don't make life better. not one revolution has ever done anything good. up the road, this was no russian revolution that it was a display of defiance from those the people, many of them young russians, who believe their country needs change. security officials in libya have told the bbc that the bomb attack in manchester last month in which 22 people were killed was being planned last december. for more than a month before the attack they say they had the bomber salman abedi under surveillance. the officials have complained about poor security operation with britain who they say must be improved to prevent further attacks. an investigation has begun in an insta nt an investigation

in 2006, russian-spy-turned- kremlin-critic alexander litvinenko drank tea laced with polonium-210.wo years earlier, the ukrainian politician viktor yushchenko had somehow ingested dioxin. he survived, but was disfigured. but what would the motive be in the case of the critic vladimir kara-murza? cambridge educated, he was for years a washington-based reporter for a russian tv station. so he was well-connected and had perfect english, which he used to incessantly criticize the regime on the international stage. >> vladimir kara-murza: a government that is based on genuine support does not need to jail its opponents. >> stahl: as if his outspokenness wasn't enough to anger the kremlin, he made matters worse for himself when he joined forces with this man. >> bill browder: it's death if you cross the putin regime. >> stahl: bill browder was for years the largest foreign investor in russia and putin's champion, but he turned into a dogged adversary when his russian tax attorney sergei magnitsky blew the whistle on alleged large-scale theft by government officials. >> browder: we discov

>> not very, unless we have a bug in the kremlin somehow. you've got to understand, this would have to be a very secret operation. right? we're talking about -- we're going something here to destabilize another country. you want to keep that secret. that in and of itself is difficult and next if you're talking about this collusion thing, now we're getting into -- my view, we're getting into the realm of movies. because this is so hard to execute on. when you do work in secrecy, the fewer people that know about it, the better and in my case there were five people that knew about my identity and the more people you involved and this kind of operation you have to have more people involved. the more likely it is that a real leak will come out and we don't have one. we have people saying we think. it's speculation and i don't think we'll ever prove a collusion kind of thing. >> and the collusion investigation is a possibility there and still continuing, but i want to narrow in on something you talked about keeping the srk l small. what we learned

nemtsov was murdered in 2015 on a bridge to the kremlin. he was hit in the back with bullets. he was one of the most outspoken critics of president vladimir putin. that's why many believe his murder was politically motivated. the question is ever who masterminded the murder you coming. >> our former has been following this trial from moscow. did this guilty verdict, as a surprise to you? -- come as a surprise to you? >> no, these men had actually confessed to these crimes. they were linked in multiple ways to be chechnyan security services which is the nemtsov family suspects is behind the killings. there is no footage of the moment of boris nemtsov's killing. that is something the family insists does exist because of where the murder took place, just a few hundred meters from the kremlin. the defense will now be trying to push back against the as they launch their appeal. >> five men found guilty but who ordered the hit? >> that is obviously the elephant in the room. the nemtsov family with same look higher in the chechnyan security services. earlier in the investigation, aut