putin: no, no, no.e i said, we brought our reserves, central bank reserves, and we are back to the 2014 level. actually, i would say it's more. it's 387 dollars. and we have two reserve funds. the reserve fund per se and the national welfare fund. they decreased but very insignificantly. and there are currently 50 and 71 billion dollars. what does this mean? if we continue spending these funds the way we have been doing up to this point, like last year, this will be -- not for at least four more years, but we plan that we will have growth next year. so we will probably, one, spend money from our reserve funds. so there is no reason to be concerned about that 0.5%. what does this mean? if we stop working, we can do nothing and we will still have enough money for four months -- host: i hope that won't happen. people keep asking about this bottom of the crisis. aren't you concerned that all economic discussions are now focused to three questions. when will be the bottom? when will oil prices go up? and sho

president putin: okay. as far as the value is concerned, this was done on the initiative of certain regions of ussia. this was not even the government's initiative. in some places, like in moscow, city authorities thought they did not get enough revenues that hey would use to address different issues in the city, because they said that property items were undervalued. for example, some shopping malls paid almost zero tax to the municipal budget. and this was unfair, of course. o people in moscow, of course, were entitled to ask the municipal authorities, why? why do you allow this situation? but this process has to make the situation more fair, of ourse. but you shouldn't go too far. you shouldn't go to the extreme. and you have to consider businesses and people. so you asked about increasing ontaxable areas. i can answer you -- can't answer you specifically, but we can consider that certainly. now, you asked about moratorium. well, we can consider that as ell. but you see, this system is supposed to be pro

>> in this case, vladimir putin. >> i don't think we'll ever see vladimir putin's name on an offshore company or an offshore bank account, but i think this is probably as close as you'll ever get. >> reporter: putin is believed by u.s. intelligence to be one of the world's richest men. now investigators say these documents are a road map to how putin could have stashed away billions. the papers point to sergei roldugin, godfather to putin's daughter, placed in charge of the company. then there's putin's banker, uri co-val chuck, already under u.s. sanctions for ukraine, nicknamed by u.s. officials, cashier to the kremlin. and more mystery. another major player in the documents, mikhail less in. the former head of putin's propaganda operation was found dead in this washington, d.c. hotel in november, bludgeoned to death. >> he would have been able to speak about that but not anymore. >> reporter: protests tonight in iceland where the prime minister accused of hiding money denied wrongdoing but walked out of an interview when asked about it. many of these offshore companies are legal, a

his warning putin is on the move. and the problem is not that putin is unpredictable. it's that obama is predictable. and you can predict and advance that whatever putin does, will receive no serious response from the united states. you know, we are now increasing our patrols in eastern europe. that's ridiculous, or the eastern europeans are begging for a permanent presence a triple error, that would assure them, obama will not do it, can anybody explain to me why in ukraine we to this day refused to provide defensive weaponry. they are not asking for offenses. simply defense, there's is obsolete and inadequate like i would say the kurds in iraq. that's another story. we are leaving them twisting in the wind and leaving the initiative entirely up to putin. if you are the ukraine, poland, you don't sleep at night on account of that. >> last thing, the panama paper story, explosive. journalists from around the world, 11 1/2 million documents from this law firm in south america, and world leaders who are implicated either directly or through associates, you see the list.

his warning putin is on the move. and the problem is not that putin is unpredictable.at obama is predictable. and you can predict and advance that whatever putin does, will receive no serious response from the united states. you know, we are now increasing our patrols in eastern europe. that's ridiculous, or the eastern europeans are begging for a permanent presence a triple error, that would assure them, obama will not do it, can anybody explain to me why in ukraine we to this day refused to provide defensive weaponry. they are not asking for offenses. simply defense, there's is obsolete and inadequate like i would say the kurds in iraq. that's another story. we are leaving them twisting in the wind and leaving the initiative entirely up to putin. if you are the ukraine, poland, you don't sleep at night on account of that. >> last thing, the panama paper story, explosive. journalists from around the world, 11 1/2 million documents from this law firm in south america, and world leaders who are implicated either directly or through associates, you see the list. russian

and then there's putin's banker yuri kovalchuk, already under u.s. sanctions for ukraine, nicknamed by u.s. officials cashier to the kremlin and more mystery. another major player in the documents, mikhail lesin, the former head of putin's propaganda operation was found dead in this washington, d.c. hotel in november, bludgeoned to death. >> he would have been able to speak about that but not anymore. >> reporter: protests tonight in iceland where the prime minister accused of hiding money denied wrongdoing but walked out of an interview when asked about it. many of these offshore companies are legal and putin's spokesperson called the investigation an attack against russia. >> i think putin's press barons willow sure that this story is buried. >> reporter: the law firm says it only sets up the companies and is not responsible for how they are run. no comment from jackie chan, but the justice and treasury departments are already poring through these documents. lester? >> andrea mitchell, thanks. >>> we're now getting an exclusive look at the incredib

putin.sian journalist who combed through the papers explains what that might mean. >> translator: asset turnover results to millions of dollars. the most important here, is that he is a musician. he cannot have this on his own. we suppose he kept it for the head of state. we see the way his companies are financed. and it violates the law because money obtained from equity trading from russian state companies was transferred there. but in reality, the equity trading never took place. the deals were back dated. he secretly owned assets in russia's strategic industries. >> and the kremlin has dismissed the panama papers as a series of fibs meant to discredit president putin. matthew chance has more on the reaction from maoscow. >> reporter: the kremlin says this is putin phobia, to describe what he says is the west's inability to stay anything positive about russia or its leadership. the kremlin spokesman saying that these reports were specifically designed to target vladimir putin, with the in

>> no. >> putin -- is putin fearful of being overthrown in a coup? >> no. >> not likely to happen. >> he is very popular. believe it or not. because he -- >> only 84 -- 85. only 85%. >> he knows how to handle his publicity and information, propaganda with his own people and that's his primary concern. >> it doesn't mean a coup is inevitable, though, or that even under a threat. >> he's just paranoid. >> he's paranoid all the time. actual coup threat or not. i would not depend on there being a coup threat right now. >> you're accusing him of paranoia? >> yes. i'm diagnosing him with paranoia. >> you better watch your step. >> it's typical. every autocrat is paranoid because they can be overthrown like anybody else. >> you're not becoming a frontal boundary for putin, are you? >> who becoming a problem? me a problem for putin? i hope so. of lawful presence. >> issue three. state of the two-state solution. >> i firmly believe that the actions that israel's government has taken over the past several years, the steady, systematic expansion of settlements,

putin is one of -- one of putin's most treasured traits is probably his lylety. he says that he never gives out his people. but what i think, of course he will continue to defend his people but at some point, like i said when these conflicts become public, a combination of scandal and shortage is likely to create a situation where a member of his team must be sacrificed for real and not just demoted with canned gloves as was the former defense minute, for example, yes putin has all the resources to remain in power until 2018 and through '18 at the very least. he will knock down protests with a combination of whithered carrots and a well-financed stick and people will buy that. the confrontation with the west will continue and the worst thing about this stagnation scenario is that it will eventually lead, like i said before, to the replacement of the elites in a more or less violent way. and one of the violent ways it can happen is if a third force comes to power. what third force, as i'm talking about -- am i talking about? there was this committee of january 25

putin. >> if he needs resources, he has access to the resources. and he has ways of directly and indirectly suggesting to his friends to give him the resources. >> reporter: one example, a concert cellist, who has been friends of putin suns they were children. he made profits in the offshore companies. >> he might be a better investor than a cellist. >> reporter: he told "the guardian" he was connected to the businesses a long time ago, when russia became more open to the west late in the '80s. the accusations strechl beyond russia's borders. saudi arabia's king used a company to take out $35 million in mortgages for his london homes. there is nothing to suggest that anything the king did was illegal. >> he may be looking to offshore accounts as a safer place to hold money. >> reporter: but the perception inside his kingdom may hurt him. >> the people on the ground in these countries are likely seething as the optics are rather horrible. >> reporter: cnn tried to get response from the saudi

but no one more tantalizing than putin. so, the trails all lead and circle around to one person, in this case, vladimir putin. >> i don't think all we'll see his name on an off shore bank account, but i think all this is probably as close as you'll ever get. >> reporter: putin is believed to be one of the world's richest men and they say these documents are a road map to how he stored and then there's putin's banker, already under u.s. sanctions for ukrain. and nicknamed cashier to the kremlin. and another major player thirn er er in the document, the former head of putin's propaganda department, found blujened to death. protests in iceland where the prime minister accused of hiding money denied wrong doing but walked out of on interview when asked about it. putin's spokes person called the attack against russia. >> i think all the press barrens will now work over time to make sure this is buried. >>ew> well, a vermont ski resort welcomed spring with its annual pond skimming challenge. and some in costumes, tried to heir wa

say the documents are a road map to how putin could have stashed away billions. the papers point to this man, god father to putin's daughter placed in charge of the companies. then his banker is under sanctions nicknamed cashier to the kremlin. more mystery, another major player in the documents, the former head of putin's propaganda operation. he was found dead in this washington, d.c. hotel in november. bludgeoned to death. >> he would have been able to speak about that. but not anymore. >> reporter: protests in iceland where the prime minister accused of hiding moe fly -- money denied wrongdoing but walked out of an interview when asked about it. many of the offshore companies are illegal and putin's spokesperson called it an attack against russia. >> i think putin's press barons will work overtime to make sure this story is buried. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> the startling numbers behind the world's biggest defense spenders. plus, a tradition that dates back 1,200 years. you're watching "first look." listerine® kills 99% of bad breath ger

putin directly. mr. putin was never involved.t that his daughter was celebrating a wedding in asia or expensive. hweddings every week for dozens of people. i don't know how it can relate putin to any offshore businesses. it is -- sorry to say. interview, his kostin responded to allegations -- cyprus-based subsidiary he said that was "absolutely out of the question." betty: a very frank interview from constant. another leak making headlines this morning. pensions are rising between greece and the imf. managing director christine lagarde has rebuffed greece's calls to replace top officials overseeing the country's bailout . she said the imf is a good distance away from an agreement that would allow for additional you loans. we go to athens where nico's chris louras is standing let's talk about this leak first which is i believe a transcript of a conversation among officials that essentially says, how are we going to force germany and the other member nations to take a haircut on greece's debt? greeceussions between and the imf have

that putin has a vision of an old soviet empire. he thinks they will move. >> people around putin have made it clear. i think he's right to say they're worried. this is in response to the president's determined effort not to overreact which means for the president not to react at all or to apologize for the united states and its actions. we've seen this with response to russia. john kerry went on all the single shows and said russia will be isolated for what they've done. they'll be cast out of the civilized nations. it never happened. the united states drew them in even closer. the same was true, of course, with iran. the same with the syrian red line. vladimir putin knows that barack obama won't do anything with. this at most, obama would consider sending additional resources and troops to the baltics. putin is playing a bad hand pretty well. >> yes. do we think obama or the next president will let putin march on the rest baltics states? i don't think that will happen. do we think he'll march on the global stage and embase our pre

vladimar putin is shrugging it off. and the live report on the white house reaction next. >>> plus, is ted cruz working on his own primary schedule. and his effort to stay one step ahead of donald trump. man dane group. i wore lederhosen. so i just started poking around on ancestry. then, i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. it turns out i'm scottish. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. >> welcome back. russian president vladimar putin with back hand praise. he said he admitted mistakes in libya but chided the president saying he is have known before. leland has more from the white house. >> reporter: this really continues the narrative of president putin challenging president obama in the united states, both publicly in the statements and also with militarily with little or no response from the u.s. during the time that putin is issuing statements, this is what his military is up to yesterday the pentagon released video of the russian jets making passes over it is u.s. tripped. they flew in assim

because actually russian -- putin's position, it's my own personal opinion that putin's position that ukraine is not an abandoned state. it's manipulated. so he prefers talk with the united states. united states officials not with ukraine. okay. that's the problem of due process because i know the judge refused all the documents and phone printings, phone number printings and so on. that's the first problem. the second problem is the recent russian constitutional courts, you know, what is more important the judgments of the european court or the russian legislation and the constitutional court ruled that it could reverse any of the european courts judgment if it contradicts the constitution. now it's very much wide interpretation and, of course, i suppose it was made just because of the case. because of the huge amount of compensation that russia must pay. the next thing is the so-called spy cases. it's a trend now. there are plenty of them. i know personally my good friend who deals with those cases. as i already said, plenty of them. for example, a man worked in some, you know, secr

that putin has a vision of an old soviet empire.ve. >> people around putin have made it clear. i think he's right to say they're worried. this is in response to the president's determined effort not to overreact which means for the president not to react at all or to apologize for the united states and its actions. we've seen this with response to russia. john kerry went on all the single shows and said russia will be isolated for what they've done. they'll be cast out of the civilized nations. it never happened. the united states drew them in even closer. the same was true, of course, with iran. the same with the syrian red line. vladimir putin knows that barack obama won't do anything with. this at most, obama would consider sending additional resources and troops to the baltics. putin is playing a bad hand pretty well. >> yes. do we think obama or the next president will let putin march on the rest baltics states? i don't think that will happen. do we think he'll march on the global stage and embase our president no mat here it i

last week we had a briefing on an attack on the putin and his inner circle. it's called paid journalism. effectively, the international consortium of investigative journalism is basically funded by organizations like the soros foundation, the mcarthur foundation, which aren't welcome in russia, and this falls into what the kremlin portrays as an anti russian western media bias essentially >>> thanks very much. a senior leader of the armed syrian opposition group al-nusra front has been killed in an american air raid. he died along with his son and others near idlib. he was the spokesman for the group. at least 25 soldiers have been killed in an i.s.i.l. sued attack. it is the sixth attack by i.s.i.l. in the area within the last two months. lebanese police have uncovered what they say is the largest human trafficking ring in recent times. 18 suspects are excused of imprisoned 75 young women as sex slaves outside of beirut. most them are young girls with promises of work. >> reporter: to protect her safety we cannot disclose the identity of this young syrian la

putin, that's putin's money. everybody knows that. china, jinping prosecutes who he doesn't like. there's nothing conservative about not paying taxes you owe. but there is something conservative and good for the country in terms of having a lower corporate tax rate that gets rid of deductions. efun -- the unfortunate tax rate is if we don't have those low tax rates we'll have this exodus of wealth pat and i debate about. clarence: i was going to -- the lower tax rate means less incentive to want to hide your money overseas because you can there's a lot of reasons. but we only found the first of many disclosures here with this international banking story. it's quite possible more americans will pop up. eleanor: congress needs to close this loophole and why aren't they doing it? because we have the best congress that money can buy. john: issue three. nato and national guard. >> north america and europe is able to deliver when we stand together in a strong nato alliance. john: meeting with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg this week, president obama reaffirmed u.s. support for

has crony putin's bank. putin holds his wealth by proxy. he formally owns nothing. there's nothing about this in the russian media. but the moscow times does cover it, saying vladimir putin's spokesman had warned last week of an impending hatchet job on the president. the prime minister of iceland is also having trouble. gunnlaugsson is the man in question. i was not aware of his existence until today. he is at the heart of the world's biggest ever data leak a cousin of his connection to the offshore company winterus. he was visibly embarrassed by questions on swedish tv regarding the revelations and he obviously was not expecting them to come to light. two of his cabinet ministers are also involved. argentinian president mauricio macri who was recently elected on a wave of optimism was also named a shareholder of an offshore company. his office has replied to the argentine daily saying that his appearance on a contract was circumstantial. the president may have to explain to the argentine people why he chose not to declare this company. most famousps the person fro

romanians and others who worry about past aggressions, worried about stopping an emboldened vladimir putin. >> cold war is a reality, now we live in a new cold war but it's a danger for the real war. >> not everyone slairs the shares the former romanian president's fears that u.s. and the russian he are bound for conflict but little room for error. in october, nato scrambled tozs dozens of f-16s. when russian launched aircraft near nato air space. swooping over the tort sea, the black sea the gulf of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never before seen video recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows the su 34, which can travel more than 2500 miles carrying a payload of eight tons of precision guided weapons. eerchlts like this happen more than 100 -- events like this happen more than 100 times in 2014, three times more than in 2013. >> essentially what it is is the cat and mouse game at a was played during the original cold war where each side probes the defenses of the other in order to see how they'll react. >> that game is putting more pressu

putin had as well. >> putin has faced internal difficulties because of the collapse of the internationald we reduced his ability. lou: the sanctions that president obama will toll as we change the trajectory of history itself. >> with that allow putin to do was put the blame on europe and the united states for the economic setback so i think putin can read the calendar just as well as we can. doesn't know who will win in november but he knows he's got his man obama in the white house until then he asked impressed and see how far he can go. lou: i think it's fair true mind he also has his woman in the chancellery in germany angela merkel who is being very docile and france while holland -- francois hollande and david cameron. none of them are standing up for the stiff spines to outright aggression on the part of putin whether it be crimea or whether it be the eastern border. >> none of them will without american leadership. that's the way the alliance works. you can like it or not like it and the sense that we may say the europeans should take more care of themselves but the fact is it's

putin has had his will z putin, look, he has faced internal difficulties, because of the collapse oft it was the sanctions that president obama told us would change the very trajectory history itself. >> what that allowed putin to do was put the blame on europe and the united states for the economic setback? >> i think putin can read the calendar as well as we can. he don't know who will win in november but he knows he has his man, obama, in the white house until then. >> let's remind us, he also has his woman in the chancellory. angela merkel, who is being very docile, francois hollande in france, and david cameron. none of them are standing up with a stiff spine to outright aggression on the part of putin, whether it be crimea or on the eastern border of europe? >> none of them will without american leadership. that's the way the alliance works. you can like it or not like it. we may say the europeans should take more care of them. it is american leadership that is the glue. they see no leadership in washington. they are not going to stand out there alone. >> president xi sees no l

trump was soft on vladimir putin?he is soft on vladimir putin if the policy would be containment of russia no questions asked. yes, he doesn't want to contain russia with no question asked. he wants to sit down with the russian leadership, the same way regan engaged them and when there was an issue, he confronted them. but at the same time, they were joint issued against terrorism, and we saw how it ended, how the soviet union ended when a new policy of developed by regan and those who came after him. >> woodruff: ambassador burns? >> i think it's naive to think you can sit down with vladimir putin and negotiate the future of europe. president obama, and president bush before him dealt with putin from a position of strength. we now have sanctions against putin because he cross the brightest red line. he invaded another country and took over their testify territory. i think, judy, the thing that bothered me the most about this speech, the lack of humility. donald trump castigate 35 years of american foreign policy. tha

putin is whirled about.n international economics tomorrow, harvard university, adam pozen, and the deputy managing director david lipton will be in conversation on the global economy. ♪ francine: i'm francine lacqua in london; tom keene is a new york. we have been talking so much about the boj and governor kuroda's movement. this is what we pick for our morning must listen. talkis after all of the about what mr. kuroda has done. atwas defending his policy columbia business school last night. have a listen. >> japan's economy still has some way to go, until the price ability target of 2% is achieved. there's no doubt that there has been a clear change in the inflation trend under the banks 's qb. e. e. francine: he believes the markets would have been much worse if they had not gone to negative territory. >> i guess he's always right; it could have been much worse. i really wonder whether central banks know what they are doing with negative rates, because they're potentially negative consequences for the real

. >> vladimir putin, investigators say at the center of a star-studded list of 12 current and former of states, like the king of saudi arabia, even celebrities like jackie chan. >> seth: first of all, what a shame that jackie chan and vladimir putin are showing up together in anything other than "rush hour four: russian hour." [ laughter ] second of all -- [ applause ] there's no evidence, no evidence chan used these companies to do anything wrong, which demonstrates that, sometimes, these kinds of offshore companies can be used for perfectly legitimate reasons. for example, another celebrity named in the "panama papers" is former "american idol" judge and professional t-shirt stretcher, simon cowell. [ laughter ] the documents name cowell as the sole shareholder of two british virgin islands companies set up to purchase land in barbados, where he apparently loves to jet ski. and this photo brings us to one of the most important but overlooked lessons from this scandal -- no one ever looks cool on a jet ski. [ laughter ] especially when you're standing. what are you trying to see tha

he storms off muttering, invariably, "putin, putin, putin, putin. [ laughter ] all it is putin, putinis go-to -- his go-to complaint. >> seth: meantime, somewhere vladimir putin's ears are burning. he's like, "oh!" >> exactly. i matter. >> seth: well, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. and i'm such a -- [ cheers and applause ] >> it's great to be here. >> seth: such a great appreciator of the work you do. ambassador samantha power. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ kids, juicy fyeah.gum with starburst flavors? (mmm...) (mmm...) (zipper noise) (zipper noise) (baby rattle shaking) juicy fruit so sweet you can't help but chew. what do advanced care?n an antiperspirant? 48 hours hehe feels nice this is very very smooth. i am not messing around it's soft. your antiperspirant should give you more... than just protection. try dove advanced care. for softer, smoother underarms. that's not fair, he should give you your rollerblades back. anddddd, she's back. storm coming? a very dangerous cheese storm. so you have 20 more bags. mhm. my yoga instructor calls

putin used the broadcast to warn of u.s. imperialistic ambitions and nearly repeating the mistakes in libya in another war ravaged country across the mediterranean sea. >> it's bad that this series of mistakes continues. a similar mistake was nearly made in syria. >> reporter: white house officials say putin's attempt to draw a parallel between libya and syria is off base. >> i'm not aware that the united states came particularly close to a scenario in which the united states is prepared to remove president assad from power using military force. >> reporter: president obama has advocated cooperation with the russians on a range of issues, including iran nuclear deal and the war against isis and syria. but analysts say the administration would be well served to consider the two very distinct faces of the russian leader. >> president putin is trying to offer friendship to the united states, help us out in syria and elsewhere. while at the same time, he's undercutting u.s. leadership, undercutting nato, our most important allia

he storms off muttering, invariably, "putin, putin, putin, putin. [ laughter ] all it is putin, putint. >> seth: meantime, somewhere vladimir putin's ears are burning. he's like, "oh!" >> exactly. i matter. >> seth: well, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. and i'm such a -- [ cheers and applause ] >> it's great to be here. >> seth: such a great appreciator of the work you do. ambassador samantha power. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ alriwe could do tacos.hink boys? we could do some thai. ooo... how 'bout sushi, eh? (dog yawns) no, we're not having barbecue... again. (dog groans) why? because you're on four legs, and i'm on two... and i'm driving. that's why. (dog whines) sushi it is. lease a 2016 lincoln navigator for $599 a month only at your lincoln dealer. it's a taste so bold, yet so smooth, it could only be called, black silk, from folgers. a taste you could enjoy, fresh brewed, or oncup at a time. black silk, from folgers. ♪ go paperless, don't stress, girl ♪ ♪ i got the discounts that you need ♪ ♪ safe driver ♪

as far as putin is concerned, this is putin being putin. vladimir putin has two objectives. domestically it's to maintain his popularity at home, not necessarily the prosperity of the russian people. and overseas is to split nato. there is no more perfect place on the planet to achieve both end and to do an idiotic demonstration in the baltic. it strike at nato and the russian domestic audience at home is cheering him. charles: vladimir putin had a live event overnight, millions open town hall. they say the new leader of china, the strongest since mao. and the leader of north korea is a nut, but he's completely in control. the more they show the antagonistic nature to america there is something deeper going on. >> it many the overall weakness of the united states. it's being said there is opportunity and chaos. as this administration has walked away from allies and encouraged. putin is seizing on opportunities as is north korea. they are about to test a ballistic missile that could reach guam. and china, they are out dredging up sand, dumping it on coral reefs and laying dow

as explained on cnbc earlier. >> we found a network of people around vladimir putin. they are moving approximately 2 billion through offshore companies and banks. and it's extraordinary. they're moving hundreds of millions of dollars at a time. they're taking money from a subsidiary of a russian-state bank. they're grabbing interests in major russian companies. and although we never see vladimir putin name in the documents themselves, these are people who are very close to him. and who the u.s. government have identified in one case as putin's cashier. >> now, iceland's prime minister has been identified. and it shows the prime minister and his wife have an undeclared interest in iceland's banks. he said he hasn't broken any rules and he and his wife, they did not benefit financially. >>> now, richard kelly is here at the top of the hour, he's head of global strategy at td securities. good morning, richard. quite a big story. 11.5 million documents, the biggest leak ever. do you think it's going to how we view the world leaders? how we view vladimir putin and other in

assad is still going to have to transition. >> rose: you spent four hours with putin. give me your take on what he wants. he wants russia to be relevant. he has achieved that because of what he did in part in syria. he wants russia to be respected. what else does he want? >> well, i don't claim to be, you know -- >> rose: you talked hours and hours to labarov, hours and days and days probably longer, you spent four hours with putin. >> i would say more than that. i have spent a lot of time with utin. >> rose: what do you think? >> each of those meetings have been fairly lengthy but i think he is intelligent. >> rose: what does he want? >> i think he is strategic and tactical, sometimes more tactical that strategic but there is certainly strategic vision. i think he wants his point of view acknowledged and to a certain degree his interests reciprocated, met, to a certain degree. now, there are limits, obviously, crimea, we are not moving, i mean that is just not in the cards. >> rose: but most people think the crimean government is not going to change you think there is

charlie: what does vladimir putin want? john kerry: he wants a syria that is whole and secular and united. charlie: that is what we want. john kerry: that is exactly why we came together and therefore organized the conference is indiana and new york and be in make to push for the cessation of hostilities and try to get to the transition. their goal and iran's goal -- at least it's openly about wed goal-- openly avo is to have united syria that is not sectarian. status quo ante. with leadership that can unite the country and move it forward. iran said we are willing to have a unity government. a new constitution. and elections. ultimately pulling hezbollah out is part of the negotiation. charlie: have they been helpful? the iranians have been helpful coming out of assigned to nuclear deal? john kerry: iran signs onto both communiques in vienna. which embraced the very principles i just articulated. in addition, they have supported the munich meeting and declaration which reaffirms our desire to have a transition and move for

thanks to energy economics and a die as bra pra of russia prasdi, vladimir putin could use pro-russia groups to destabilize the region. it is in enclaves like these where putin wields an unbe even influence. >> translator: without any intention of what happened in crimea. >> adrian vasalev is like many in bul gai bulgaria who oppose s on russia. >> translator: in my opinion the west won the cold war. and has since been trying to put russia in the corner. >> russia in the 1990s was a very weak and in many respects humiliated country that was not able to project force. was not able to defend its interests as it saw them at the time. so when large numbers of former soviet satellites joined nato or joined the eu, the russians viewed this as a slight. >> today, sentiment here over russia is deeply divided even at the top echelons of government. here in poland, that kind of ambiguity towards moscow is alarming particularly in the wake of the ukraine crisis. many poles who are under the cloak of soviet control sees the kremlin's new policy towards the old eastern block as particularly danger