that guy, sergei lavrov. an expose about him was published today. it purports to say that he has a whole secret second family just like putin does. in addition to lavrov's official wife that he retains, i guess, for political purposes, there's, according to navalny's o, a whole secret second wife who nobody is supposed to know about who reportedly travels with him on his official business, which means the government is paying for her. she and her family also, according to this report, appear to have been the recipients of lots and lots very over-the-top unexplained wealth, as does lavrov himself. navalny's group says they've discovered the foreign minister, mr. lavrov, appears to basically live this very high-flying, total luxury life he has of massive yachts and huge private planes at his disposal for him and his family any time they want them and mansions all over the world, in italy, in london, in montenegro. they report he appears to be living this life with his secret seconds family, essentially as a permanent guest of one particular russian ol

navalny's group says sergey lavrov and his family have been kept by the all the dark for many years. pays for their rest, they fly on his planes, they sell on his yachts, they live in his houses. key and navalny's group has an exposÉs like this as they did for sergey lavrov, the second most prominent politician in the country after putin. they have done similar's exposÉs of the unexplained massive over the top global wealth of russian president, dimitri much yet of. this was -- expensive taste and sneakers. they've also done a similar exposÉ for putin himself. exposing what purports to be his secret, billion dollar sprawling palace on the black sea. we and navalny's organization dropped that one just as putin's government arrested navalny and locked him up. the apparently want to try to keep him for the rest of his life. in today's exposÉ, just as the russian election start, navalny's group says this, quote -- and remember, they drop this today. this new exposÉ today, on the first day of the elections in russia. where they are trying to outsmart, they are trying to outflank putin and

reporter: this, according to britain's metropolitan police force, is denise sergey lavrov, within alias charged with being the third man with an attempted murder of sergei skripal and his daughter in the u.k. using the nerve agent novichok in march 2018. a police officer nick bailey also became critically ill, and a woman named dawn sturgess died months later after she came into contact with nerve agent left behind. skripal had been a russian spy turned double agent, feeding secrets to britain's intelligence service, released as part of a spy swap and settled in the city of salisbury where he was targeted by agents working for russia's g are you intelligence agency. prime minister boris johnson the suspects beheaded over. >> they should recognize that our sense that justice must be done is not abated, and dawn sturgess, an innocent member of the british public, died in that event and we want to see those suspects handed over. reporter: it is the first time british police and prosecuting authorities have linked the crime and all three suspects to the gru, confirming the findings of the i

here's sergey lavrov, the foreign minister, trying to wash his hands of direct connections.itary companies. we have nothing to do with that. this is an activity which has been carried out on a legitimate basis. >> reporter: now, there has been extensive reporting, including from cnn, showing close ties of the wagner group to the kremlin. so of course people take that with a pinch of salt. but you have this very direct criticism from the malian prime minister squarely at the french robyn, saying that the security situation is untenable, that they feel the french are abandoning them in their fight in the saw hill region. though it must be said the french have themselves saved that government several times, particularly since 2012. and the sense that the french government is going to be withdrawing troops in the coming months and moving to a multilateral force, that certainly has provided an impetus to hire potentially wagner mercenaries, which has obviously geopolitical implications. robyn. >> it most certainly does. how does mali's own -- you talked about this. how does mali'

here is sergey lavrov. >> translator: mali has approached russian private military companies. to do with that. this is an activity which has been carried out on a legitimate basis. >> now, we have to take that with a pinch of salt. our reporting and others' reporting has shown that the group has deep ties to the kremlin and is kind of an unofficial military wing of russian foreign policy. they have been involved in mozambique. notoriously, in central african republic, as well as libya. and this is also, of course, of geopolitical implications. you had that very strident and usually direct speech by the prime minister of mali at the u.n. criticizing the french government for, in his words, abandoning the nation in their fight against islamic extremists and insurgents that control or have control over parts of the northern part of the country. but a couple of things worth remembering. the french have recently said they are looking to transition towards a multilateral force. they've had several-thousand troops in that region and they basically bailed out mali in 2012 after it loo

have to do it look at all the no smoking signs and look at europeans and foreign ministerrer is gay lavrovssia, defiantly, brazenly puffing away. back to you. neil: they never get parking tickets either. we should point out. thank you eric shawn from the united nations. we updated maybe they buried the hatchet, president biden and emannuel macron speaking on the phone a short while ago where the president apparently acknowledged open consultation among allies would have benefited here. that didn't happen. macron was satisfied enough to say he is going to return his diplomat to the united states who was yanked out on that u.s., uk, and of course australian defense pact deal. lieutenant colonel danny davis joins us, defense priorities senior fellow, military expert. colonel, what did you think of the way the whole thing was handled, particularly with the french? >> you know what? i don't think we handled it very well, i wish we had done better. there was certainly plenty of opportunity to do that privately before anything, you know, developed as far as it did. on the other hand the deal was,