discussion, i would argue that it's highly -- on one hand the entire stability of putin's -- let's call it putin's state, putin's regime depends on macroeconomic stability and -- nothing better exists and nothing better that russia can certainly build or aspire to. the past years proved how good this order was for russia, considering limitations of its economy and wealth of its raw materials. it's a wonderful system. but not enough because you come to the idea of bad neighborhood, you come to the idea of constant -- the forces coming from the east and, of course, from china as well, threatening to chip away what you consider to be your backyard, what you consider to be your own buffer zone and so on and so forth. you're the leader. in the patrimonial of the system where putin is a king, everything is absolutely interdependent. if you yield on the foreign front, all your rivals and opponents domestically say, aha, you're weak. putin cannot afford to be weak. when he has to show flexibility, for instance he couldn't take another russia, just to crimea, he had to stop for obvious reasons, but he must compensate for

putin means. putin. with putin but in the end it was a peaceful demonstration and there were policemen a lot of policeman. a. policeman in the main streets here and they got the rally and but most of them really stepped back they showed some sort of respect for the protesters so in the end everything was under control it was a very peaceful demonstration so they've been peacefully demonstrating there today and it's of course three years on after the kremlin critics merger what exactly does it mean for russia. well he's a very important politician one of the most important politicians during the ninety's when the economy was really bad and many people remember that you always stood up for freedom with the press for the freedom. for the respect of human rights he was someone who was always wanted to have a strong element like similar to what we have right now in russia. as yes to everything that comes from the kremlin so he. it was a very brazen merriment people came together right now to stand to say well we have no

putin appeals to russia's nationalists and social conservatives, who came to see him as returning russia to its former glory. - [hayden] putin won his first term as president. with oil running 110, 113 dollars a barrel. putin's social contract with the russian people was 'i may be an autocrat, but don't worry, you're gonna be rich.' now putin comes back into office and oil's trucking along about 40 dollars a barrel. so now putin's new social contract is 'i may be autocratic but don't worry, you're gonna be proud.' (epic russian music) - this new russian middle class was not going to be supportive of putin indefinitely. so when putin came back to power, i think he had to look for a new base of support. and so you do start to get a new kind of more nationalist rhetoric from him. - [smes] he began showing that russia could stand tall once again. that russia can be counted, that they are prepared to use military force, like georgia in 2008 to protect russian economic interests. (protest boos) - [narrator] the cost to putin's style of governance came in civil liberties. opposition figures and journalists have been arrested. human rights groups and non-governmental organizations have been cast as 'foreign agents'

putin putin doesn't save the real things about this you know if a person says i am for everything good and against everything bad of course you will agree with. that he prefers an incremental change in russia which will then why he doesn't do it for you too he knows the troughton bird steals he knows that may the. probably stealing he knows many many governmental people hostility from the state why he is not punishing them why he is only punishing prive who stole from satan and he spawn is not because he stole from state but because he stole something as you really believe that putin has the same kind of authority to deliberately target any given. time i know that putin has all the powers in russia and his word is the last word here understand that in such a big country like russia knows every question could be addressed to a president for sure and that's the problem because all of the people around him sit and think ok what do we think about this or maybe we can treat the already set top as we can do this and then hundreds of intrigue has become the reality of our lives but the problem is that we don't have laws we have in truth what putin will think about this and this is i think a really bad situation because i want to leave in a country where everything is ruled by law not by president well i think many people over the agree with you on that but i think the problem in russia is not what but how and this is actually what. one of the architects of liberal reform in russia said recently at the guy doris form that the problem is not we all agree that the russian f

putin has the same kind of authority to deliberately target any give. no that putin has all the powers in russia and his word is the last word here understand that in such a big country like russia know that every question could be addressed to a president for sure and that's the problem because all of the people around him sit and think ok what do we think about this or maybe we can treat the already set top as we can do this and then hundreds of intrigue has become the reality of our lives but the problem is that we don't have laws we have in truth what putin will think about this and this is i think a really bad situation because i want to leave in a country where everything is ruled by law not by president well i think many people over the group of young but i think the problem in russia is not what but how and this is actually what. one of the architects of liberal reform in russia said recently at the guy doris forum but the problem is not we all agree that the russian future is doomed democratic but the question is how to change that then from his position it's not just about political will it's about. the energized citizenry what have you done in your campaign to encourage the citizen muscle i have done a huge tour i've visited more than a thousand regions of russia already and in every cd i gather the. halls where i speak with people i talk about the need for change i talk about the problems we face i educate all around russia and my main goal is education i want to educate people i want to bring them truth and i want together all t

putin. putin is a very different person than kruschev but also very different person in comparison to brez nef. there are similarities and differences for those who didn't have to chance a read the paper. putin like brez nef is ill liberal supports sfroers, veterans great fatherland warily brez nef. he reduce put ton kgb man is a primativism. . he had a steep learning curve. he learned a lot what does it mean when the state is destroyed? and russia was flooded by highly unpleasant realities linked to economic and political liberalization. so he accepted fundamental failure of communism as doctrine. he does not want to rebuild a territorial soviet empire. his project is to improve russia's place in the existing world order not create a new one. and here comes the rub. if you think about it and if you talk to you know very knowledgeable russian -- i just had an exchange with one over email recently -- even they don't understand why russia cannot find a proper model, place for its seven elf in the . sometimes it acts a as a superpower but everyone understands it can't be a superpower for economic and other reasons, doesn't have enough umphp but then russia refuses to act as regional power becau

putin's illusion or delusion in the beginning of first putin's administration. well, i never thought about it this way, but can i -- this is really interesting, because maybe putin also sincerely believed that a truly cooperative order was responsible. world order. now, can i push you just a little more to the reason where that illusion or delusion starts to dissipate and why, and try to make the same comparison between brezhnev and putin and this is not a question about personalities. this is a question about their vision of how world order might work, that it would be cooperative, and why it does not work this way. is there any similarity? >> well, we all know this history after 9/11 when, you know, putin calls bush and offers all kinds of things, strategic partnership of sorts and he, you know, definitely acts at the time when there's already how strong i don't know, but when there's already anti-american consensus in moscow political elites and even among diplomats. you know, approach to foreign policy. right. and putin overrules that, so that's the role of individual. and he overrules it, apparently, in his belief that, yeah, heroic, heroic factor is import

putin. putin is a very different person but also a very different person in comparison. there's some differences. let's go through them. he supports military. he promotes it. to reduce putin to a kgb man, is deeply wrong. he had a steep learning curve. he learned a lot. what does it mean when the state is destroyed and russia was flooded by highly unpleasant realities linked to political and economic liberalization. so he accepted fundamental failure his project is to improve russia's place in the existing word order and not to create a new one. and if you talk to very knowledgeable russians even they don't understand why russia cannot find a proper place for itself in the world. sometimes russia acts as if it's a super power but everyone understands that russia cannot be a super power for economic and other reasons. and then russia refuses to act as a regional power because it's diminishing and decubitus rogatory. russia is somewhere. the relationship of russia is not an easy thing to establish and just in terms of provoking a discussi discussion, i would argue on one hand the entire stability of putin's regime depends on stability and export import relationship it prove

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putin will still be a president. but if all those 10 people will be for putin, it will be 100% for putin. if threeeople out of those ten will be against putin, we will have another percentage, which is, you know, will cnge the atmosphere in russia. so mathematically, boycott is a bad idea. and novolny knows that. he only does that because he's not there. >> so let me ask you, because it has been written that putin is not necessarily, as you've admitted, running against you or novolny, he's running against app thi apathy, that he is worried about a low turnout. >> i don't agree with that at all. they fake the elections, and they fake the turnouts. so, you know, when everything is done like that, you cannot say if they're interested or not. they will do them the bigger turnout if we don't come. it's much more easier to fake turnout if people are not coming. tickle those names, and that's it. and i don't want to waste your time, but there's a whole program how they do it. and i was also investigating those kind of things last election. so it's our goal to vigilate those elections. that was th

putin. that's the most effective way not to grow the percentage of people for putin. >> how do you see a post-putin era? one day he's going to stand down. what happens next? >> post-putin era will begin, first of all, with letting out of the prisons of the political prisoners, which now exist in russia. we have a huge problem that people can be put to prison only for sharing alternative kind of views on russia. secondary, it's the change of the court system. we don't have a rule of law now. we don't have any independent courts in russia. all courts do their job by the call from kremlin. so this is second. and third thing is free competitive economy. that is vital for our country. now, more than 70% of all the economy belongs to the state. and that's why it's not competitive where -- this is where corruption comes from. i want to break the system. i want a free competition on the market. i want investment from western countries, come back to my country, and build new roads, build new industries, and things like this. so this is my three primary goals. and i also have a message for america, i want to

then you compared it to putin's illusion or delusion of the beginning of putin's first administration. about it thist but i found that very interesting. perhaps putin first believed that a cooperative world order was possible. can i push you to the moment where that illusion or delusion starts to dissipate and why and try to make the same comparison between brezhnev and putin? this is not a question about personality. this is a question about their vision of how world order might work, that it would be corporative and why it does not work this way? is there any similarity? vlad: we all know this history after 9/11, when putin calls bush and offers all kinds of things, a strategic partnership of sorts. he definitely acts at the time when there is already -- how strong, i don't know -- but there is already anti-american consensus around moscow elites. and putin overrules that. that is the role of the individual. and he overrules it in that heroic factors, is important. as long as i reach out to the american leader, our friendship would be the basis of the partnership. if we are friends, that is the best basis for partnership, and it never happens. it

putin just denies debates? he says he won't take part in debates of the candidates. you do your jobs, guys, and i'll stay in the kremlin. >> you're also for gay rights in a way that putin is not. does putinons, this social conservativism, this kind of nationalism of the ukraine. do he take his positions because he can appeal to the heartland of russia, is that his strategy? >> like in our world, i cherish the author very much, in classic totalitarian regime, you have this hatred, and hatred is all around russian policies. minorities, people from ukraine, americans, just the epidemia of hatred. >> putin has chosen you as an approved opposition candidate, because you're a reality tv star, and you're going to be very liberal, and he's going to say to the people that's the official cosmopolitan urban world that hates me and benefit in a way from the anti-elitism, from the class warfare -- >> yeah, yeah. >> in many ways it's a little bit like trump reminding people of the urban elites that hate him, of the media hates him, of political correctness. are you falling into that trap? >> my burden is my past as a tv star. but pasts can be a life lesson, i'm a political journalist for 10 years in r

putin twice to his face whether russia tried to influence our elections and twice putin denied it to which trump said he believed the russian president. last summer after a meeting president donald trump actually suggested we join up with putin an impenetrable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. that tweet left politicians and securities experts aghast. president donald trump followed up with another tweet that walked it back. things obviously moving quickly. follow me on twitter and i will keep you posted on what happens just later today. >> sounds good. thank you very much. >>> 5:48. they say not know it now, but in a few years one pair of identical twins in southern california will be able to credit mommy for making them olympic sensations. zachary and benjamin, their mom and a photographer struck an olympic sized gold mine after posting these photos of the seven month old boys. the mom says she plans to post more photos through the rest of the winter games, at least one per day. >> i can only imagine with the summer games coming up. >> exactly. >> they should follow up with another photo shoot. >> i bet they will. >>> are they bundled up, ready for the cold weather

putin twice to his face whether russia tried to influence our elections and twice putin denied it. to which trump says he believes the russian president. in fact, last summer after meeting with the russian president president donald trump actually suggested we join up with putinber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. the tweet left politicians and security experts absolutely aghast. president trump followed up with another tweet walking that back. there is a lot going on in washington and it's speeding up. you can follow me on twitter, i will bring you the very latest, i am @scottmcgrew. >>> take a look at this, it's so cute. they may not know it now but in a few years one pair of identical twins in southern california will be able to thank their mom for making them olympic sensations. zachary and benjamin, their mom and her photographer struck an olympic sized gold mine after posting these photos of the seven month old boys. the mom plans to post more photos through the rest of the winter games. one photo, in fact, per day. i little curling and skiing champions there. >> just imagine when they are in their 20s and they actually make it to the olympics. >> you never know. >> mom already knew. >> that would be

putin's chef. he is an oligarch and owns a catering business, why he's called putin's chef. he caters for the military, kindergart kindergartens, big corporations, kremlin, official state dinners and he also according to the indictment was involved in running a russian troll farm a factory that produced information, misleading information, sometimes using stolen identities, that was pumped down to the internet, pumped into social media during the election campaign to discredit hillary clinton, help president donald trump, help then candidate trump get elected, and now they are reaping the rewards. they are watching all of the discourse, all of the political confusion in the united states. so are the russians sitting back and laughing at this successful information up? they might be, but i'm not sure exactly if that's how president trump was intending it to be. >> richard engel from moscow this evening. report just released by nbc news says the accusations prove that american election laws which were created more than 200 years ago are inadequate and outdated. on friday the president claiming vindication tweeting this "russia started their anti-u.s. campaign in 2014, long before i announced that i would run for president. the results of the election were not impacted. the trump campaign did nothing wrong. no collusion!" a refrain we've heard time and time again. democratic leaders argue the russian meddle something no coax and underscore the importance of robert mueller's work. joining me is elizabeth holtzman, currently an attorney. before we get to your reaction to the time itself i'll ask you to react to what we've seen on twitter, what the president's had to say about this process and about the indictment. >> he's obvious ly in some frenszy fit, almost like a deranged reaction. first he's attacking everybody, the fbi, hillary clinton obama, adam schiff, but he doesn't attack the russians, even though this indictment says that the russians had launched an information warfare against the united states. think of the word warfare. he's the commander in chief. there is an indictment of russians for interfering with our election. he's got no response to that. all quiet on the western front. it's as though he never heard it, he doesn't understand it. he completely ignores it and' tacks the old enemies and the problem in the attacks one, they're replete with lies. he said the russian interference had no impact on the election. nobody has studied that. no intelligence agency has come to that conclusion. so he doesn't know it either. sot's not true. it's a lie. the fact of the matter is he says i never meddled. i never said the russians didn't meddle in the election, another untruth. the man is going bonkers and the problem is we are left vulnerable. here we are the united states of america our whole system rests on fair and free elections. >> i want to ask you about the legal were indications of it, he tells the fbi to get back to basics. what do you make of the call to arms almost? >> it's the same old what i would consider to be part of his effort to obstruct, impede, and impair the investigation into the russian connection here, and by the way, mueller hasn't finished. i think mr. clapper said today, former head of the dni said the other shoe is going to drop. it's not one shoe. it's going to be a lot of shoes. it's going to be almost as many shoes as mrs. imelda had in her closet. there's still financial stuff and the collusion issue. that hasn't been resolved yet and for a president of the united states to just push this away, and ignore his responsibilities to protect our electoral system is horrifying. it's one thing the intelligence agency says something, oh you can say they're hacks, which is what he did. i believe putinery sincere he says but the intelligence agencies are. now we have an indictment from a grand jury and a highly respected prosecutor. he ignores again the issue. so how do america protect their civil rights, their civil liberties here. >> congresswoman, thank you very much, appreciate the time this afternoon. liz holtzman joining me in new york. >>> emotional plea, students who survived the deadly shooting out at a florida school speak out, what they want from their elected leaders. purchase. let's do this. got it. book the flights! hai! si! si! ya! ya! ya! what does that mean for us? we can get stuff. what's it mean for shipping? ship the goods. you're a go! you got the green light. that means go! oh, yeah. start saying yes to your company's best ideas. we're gonna hit our launch date! (scream) thank you! goodbye! we help all types of businesses with money, tools and know-how to get business done. american express open. to get business done. the things we do rising before dawn. sweati

intelligence community saying that they believe russia interfeared in the election, he said he talked to putin. putin denied it. he believes him. he believes him over the intelligence agencies. so i don't think these will necessarily increase pressure on trump because trump is trying to do everything he can to discredit the mueller investigation as it gets closer to his inner circle. >> we have some sound from the head of the fbi, christopher ray. he was on capitol hill this week. let's play that and talk about it on the other side. >> we're taking a lot of specific efforts to blunt this. not as specifically directed by the president. >> so the president at this point has not directed the fbi. however, i'm sure intelligence community is doing what they need to do. all of that said, i mean, the president is the president and has not verbalized his desire for this to be, you know, top of mind for the intelligence community. what does that mean? we're in the middle of 2018, what does that mean to you? >> he doesn't view it as a priority. it's the president's job to set priorities for law enforcement, th

putin repeatedly. this is revenge by putin.s personal by him to get back at her. >> but also one thing we also didn't mention, the reporting is that national security officials are known not to bring up russia to the president because he will view it as some sort of personal slight. so if the national intelligence apparatus doesn't want to bring up russia to the president, how does anything -- >> and i hate to say this because i don't want to, you know, light my hair on fire. it's dereliction of duty. duty number one, president of the united states, defend the nation. we cannot even get our own president to declare -- >> but i mean, you know, i'm kind of hearing a little partisanship here, and i say that sincerely because do you really think the president's not doing anything about russia and that he's going to give them a pass on this? >> jack, he's not. >> no, he is not going to orchestrate. >> jack, if he's not getting briefings on it, if he doesn't have cabinet level meetings, if he hasn't told the fbi specifically things t

putin repely. this is revenge by putin.s was personal by him to get back at her. >> but also one thing we also didn't mention, the reporting is that national security officials are known not to bring up russia to the president because he will view it as some sort of personal slight. so if the national intelligence apparatus doesn't want to bring up russia to the president, how does anything -- >> and i hate to say this because i don't want to, you know, light my hair on fire. it's dereliction of duty. duty number one, president of the united states, defend the nation. we cannot even get our own president to declare -- >> but i mean, you know, i'm kind of hearing a little partisanship here, and i say that sincerely because do you really think the president's not doing anything about russia and that he's going to give them a pass on this? >> jack, he's not. >> no, he is not going to orchestrate. >> jack, if he's not getting briefings on it, if he doesn't have cabinet level meetings, if he hasn't told the fbi specifically thin

i thint.that is putin's mind putin has been concerned about two things -- one, that the united states wants to unseat t hit regime change is our direction, that president trump seems to be something different than hhat, but i'm not su has figured it out. the other thing is to maintain his own popularity in his own country. he is facing an election -- i don't think therany doubts about that, but since 2011 and 2012, when he almost lost an perhaps, and one inks in the wee hours of the night he had to think he was not going to lose the eleion -- he has been in a sense of prisoner of our growing concern th at various times things could start to roll against him. for some of that he blam united states. for some of that he has to be uncertain of his own public. jane:ha ambassador, you very much for joining me. every year, at least 2.5 million newborn babies die within the first month.th many odeaths are preventable, according to a new report published by unicef. in a momt, we will have a report from rajini vaidyanathan in india, and one from our correspondent in malut first, here's rupert w

putin. 21 tweets or whatever and not one of them was aimed at putin. and therefore it creates the impression that all of these policies are being done despite president trump, not because he is showing presidential leadership. >> so you know vladimir putin about as -- well, you know him well in some respect. it is hard to know this person very well. but how do you believe he is reacting to the fact that the president doesn't get tough on him the way everybody else in american government does? >> i've known putin for a long time. i wouldn't say we're facebook friends, but i first met him in -- >> he probably made up a facebook account and has friended you. sorry. >> actually, they have. that is empirically correct. on twitter as well. there is even a guy by the way called mcfalloff on twitter that tweets at me all the time. i kid you not. i'll tweet it to you. >> thank you. >> but to your point, one thing i know about putin, he doesn't respect weakness. he only respects strength. and a our president looked really weak this weekend, he looked like he was flailing about. he didn't look confident. he was shooting at -- tweets off about everything and everybody except vladimir putin. that is a sign of weakness. that is how vladimir putin per

putin help donald trump win the us presidential election and how free and fair is russia's own presidential election next month going to be the last one of putin's leading opponents and speak to a former top cia spy. i marry her son russian leader vladimir putin will run for president again next month in what is sure to be a guaranteed victory given that is only viable opponent has been barred from running so we'll putin be president for life or is there a version of russian democracy that exists in spite of him that's our debate but first did putin's russia collude with donald trump during the twenty six thousand us presidential election former f.b.i. chief robert mueller who's investigating that claim last week indicted thirteen russians and three russian organizations but did the campaign participate in the election meddling and should the u.s. really be lecturing russia on undermining foreign elections given how many governments the cia has undermined and even toppled this week's headline from critic former top spy and twenty eight year veteran of the cia and its clandestine service john cypher. john thanks for joining me on up front the latest indictments from the special counsel's investigation into the twenty sixteen presidential elect

any intelligence leaders believes that this vindicates the president and that putin was not -- or putin's government or putin'sligarchs were not involved in a much wider conspiracy than any of us had frar frankly imagined. >> well so, you know, there are a lot of things that are not mentioned in this indictment. we wouldn't say it vindicates somebody. i think the president would be well advised to take it easy on the claims of vindication at this point. that said, you know, he doesn't do that sort of thing. he's emotive, and he takes anything that could be read to suggest that there isn't collusion to mean that there isn't collusion. i would just say, you know, not having been indicted for something yet does not generally mean it doesn't happen. >> the fact is there's nothing in this indictment about the hacking operation, about wikileaks, about any of these connections, the dnc hack, which led to the podesta hack. >> right. this is a piece of the case involving russian interference on our social media platforms. that's it. and to ben's point, you're not vindicated because it doesn't have a vindication section

putin back in 2012 they get in approval. is through so-called electoral supernauts. that's how scientists in my part of the world call national republic in russia like chechnya, so it goes. putin got in putin got in a couple places, 106%. they weren't able to understand why all of this were just loving it. great, 10 %. of course it is. -- 106%. of course it is. supernauts ctoral and the firm control of the administration, they do give from 10% to 50% added to the world. -- vote. in er as it was obvious 2012, when putin didn't get the majority, he got less than 50% in moscow. and less than 50%, almost less than 50% in st. petersburg, in order for him to be a legitimate president, in order for him not to be called the president of periphery, but the president of the country, he has to get votes from the people in the russian industrial cities. and that's precisely why kremlin substitution, as desirable term out. the idea was easy. kremlin as that when central emlin, the election committee commission, but of course you understand all them are just parts, when they denied the registration, the expectations were that these will bring thousands of people -- young people in the streets. way it ha

putin and those in his orbit, why they are meeting with putin. one was last year when he had this secret meeting where only putin and putin's own translator was present and why were there no other americans present to witness that interaction. there's a lot of suspicious things going on if, in fact, this relationship is innocent, it seems like he should be more willing to openly condemn -- >> i had mary katherine sitting in your seat yesterday. just because he seems nice to the president, the president doesn't need to be nice to putin. he needs to say russia, stop! >> forget whatever dirt russia may have on him. there are a lot of conspiracy theories about that. >> we don't know. >> right. but he has been very consistent to be unable to criticize anyone who says nice things about him. it's not just putin. neo nazis, david duke, unsavory characters who did not necessarily have the best interests of americans at heart but said nice things about him. he can't bring himself to say mean things back. >> criticizing his predecessor, president obama, saying i've been much tougher on russia than obama. just look at the facts. total fake news. obama personally

putin weaker than ever before. the largest demonstrate. since the collapse of the soviet union spread across the country the protesters condemned alleged election fraud and called for putin's resignation falling oil prices were causing widespread economic hardship and corruption was rife putin himself was accused of becoming one of the richest men in the world through graft. the ruler in the kremlin was very worried and hid himself in his palace. and he started to fight back using a tried and tested method accusing the west america and the cia of conspiring against him. and we do have serious concerns about the conduct of the elections russian voters deserve a full investigation of all credible reports of electoral fraud and manipulation and we hope in particular that the russian authorities will take action on the recommendations that come forward putin had heard this statement by the american secretary of state on t.v. the night before as have most of russia he called it a declaration of war. and you did signal solution. to maintain his power and mobilize the russian public hooten wanted to make russia a world power again and recover the status lost to the west twenty years earlier with the collapse of the soviet union but in order to achieve that he first needed to recon

putin's role. you say putin's a hostage, almost. struckambassador, you are sayir example, the killing of boris, senior-level, then kaderiv which i personally don't agree. the question to you is to what .xtent putin is a hostage and can he fed up with this role, can he own his next term canich is in the six years, return to power, and not to be the front company for the whole different interests which are competing now. and to the ambassador vershbow, what indicates to you that many of this of this major decisions killing of boris ne crimea, the invasion of so forth, is making by putin himself? control of as in wiki think? dr. albats: thank you very much for your question. let me put it this way, he is a willing hostage. it is by institutional design. he's going to be the face of this corporation. i never met him, but i follow what he says and what he does very closely. i would say he's pretty smart. and there is no way that he doesn't understand the dire situation he finds himself now. i would remind you that stalin in a way found himself in the same situation when he kicked out everybody around him. there was a tool that stalin had. he was killin late after layer -- killing layer after layer of

putin's favorite oligarchs. and he was the one funding and directing this information. >> to what effect? what's haze interest? >> he's basically vladimir putin's dirty tricks guy. he's the guy putin goes to when he's looking for difficult things to do. >> okay, the way we're getting here, john, is some in the summer of '16 they went to let's screw this up because we're invee s i invi >> however, it was more clear in what we've seen from the intelligence community and now also from the justice department, for example, that they were working to help mr. trump by the summer of 2016. and that is very clear. >> chuck? >> and by the way, remember the central tenant of the steele dossier was what? that russians were interfering in our election. and now you have 37 pages of an indictment that say precisely that. >> in addition to targeting hillary clinton the indictment also alleges that the indictment denigrates other candidates. it was all tied to encourage u.s. minority groups not to vote in the 2016 presidential election or to vote for a third party presidential candidate like jill stein. you were making that point, mika. >> that's right. and i think it's hard in our system to have t

putin's favorite oligarchs and he was funding and directing this operation. >> to what effect? what's his interest? some rich russian. why does he care about screwing up our election? >> he's putin's dirty tricks guy, like the guy putin goes to when he's looking for difficult things to do. >> somewhere in the summer of '16, they went from let's screw this thing up and humiliate american democracy. they are envious of it. we are the model of the world with democracy. maybe we can win with this guy trump. somewhere they changed according to this indictment. >> certainly early on, it depends which narrative you follow. there's a narrative from the steele dossier that suggests they were working with trump people prior to that point and helping them in the primaries as well as the election. it was more clear what we've seen from the intelligence community and from the justice department for example, that is they were working to help mr. trump by the summer of 2016. and that is very clear. >> chuck? >> by the way, remember the central tenet of the steele dossier was ha russians were interfering in our election. now you have 37 pages of an indictment that say precisely that. >> it's looking good. in addition to targeting cl

a towering fool who actually believes vladimir putin, as trump told us, that when he asked putin whether he was guilty of this putinno, absolutely not. so why is that so dangerous for us? because trump has violated the norms of being a president ever since he's become president, okay? with his incessant tweeting, the now several thousand lies and misstatements he's made just in the first year. the way he's abused his cabinet members. we've never seen a president defy the norms of office this way. but what he did in failing to act in this clear and present danger of russia intervening in our elections as defined by his intelligence chiefs, two of whom he appointed, by failing to respond to that, he's not violating the norms of his office, he is violating the oath of his office. >> the bottom line for you, this goes beyond this president of russia. you truly believe american democracy is at stake here. >> oh, yeah. what are our crown jewels? what is the thing that really distinguishes us most from any other country? and that is that we have free and fair elections and rotations in power. that the winner cedes to the

putin, he told him, cut it out. when president trump met with putin, he said, i thought putin was sincere in issuing those denials. >er last summer vladimir putin himself said, maybe some patriotic hackers did this. so he acknowledged more than president trump did. >> everybody, stick around. we've got a lot more. if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers may feel overwhelming. so start your search with our teams of specialists at cancer treatment centers of america. the evolution of cancer care is here. learn more at cancercenter.com/experts vof hundreds of families, he'se hmost proud of the one the heads he's kept over his own. brand vo: get paid twice as fast with quickbooks smart invoicing. quickbooks. backing you. take 5, guys. tired of your bladder always cutting into your day? you may have overactive bladder, or oab. that's it! we really need to get with the program and see the doctor. take charge and ask your doctor about myrbetriq (mirabegron) for oab symptoms of urgency, frequency and leakage. it's the first and only oab treatment in its class. myrbetriq may cause serious allergic reactio

putin's chef. the way it works in russia is that generally speaking, you are not one if you don't have some tie generally speaking, a financial tie, to putin. >> that's correct. yevgeny prigozhin is close to putin, someone putin has known for decades, was his favorite restauranteur and is someone who's company, wagner, you have seen in the news recently which was hit likely by a u.s. air strike in syria. he has ties to russian mercenaries and has tie to a company that interfered in the u.s. election. >> what is supposed to happen next? one of the problems with this cyberactivity is that you can't treat it like conventional military activity where you can prove it in a certain way, then you can engage with another government in negotiations or some sort of diplomatic response. if the russian government says nothing to do with us, by the way, i'm sure the same thing happens in america, everybody who fiddles in somebody else's cyberstuff doesn't admit it, how do you engage in normal diplomacy we would have engaged in post the cold war, you need to keep your weapons on this side, not make that many of this type of weapon. >> first, the u.s. government should have or should be focusing on an inter-a

putin and his inner circle. are you saying putin is corrupt? i say that putinystem that allows those people to get funds from the state. direct criticism of putin feels dangerous, and out on the streets, many people simply don't want to know. crazy. as soon as you approach people, they run away. but sobchak‘s journey to dissidents has been an unusual one. when money gets into my hands, i spend everything. clothes is where my budget stays. it's a lot, it's about $3000—4000 a month. i really like this sweater... in the first decade of this century, as millions of russians struggled, ksenia sobchak transformed herself from society rich kid to tv celebrity. feeding the masses a diet of reality television and branding herself simply ksenia. but then, the girl with the silver spoon had another transformation. in 2011, shejoined opposition protests and was promptly carted off to a police cell. alexei navalny — the movement's leader — has long been a thorn in the kremlin's side. i was close with him all those years, we shared many values, and we are still sharing those

putin and russia is not putin. there are many people who disagree with him. >> so what do you disagree with putin on politically ands, where are your differences? >> well, first of all, i think that russia has to have free democratic elections. that means that everyone who wants to take part in it should be admitted. next, there should be full coverage of the campaign on the same level for the candidates, which is not now the case, and thirdly, debates with the candidates should be there. can you imagine that putin just denies debates? he says he won't take part in the debates of the candidates, so you do your job, guys, and i will stay still in kremlin. >> let me ask. you're also in favor of gay rights in a way that putin is not. does putin take these positions, social conservativism, this kind of nationalism regarding ukraine and the crimea, does he take these positions because he knows they appeal to the kind of heartland of russia? and he can paint your positions as being kind of western, cosmopolitan and liberal. is that his strategy? >> well, like in a book, a classical and totalitarian regimes, you have to m

putin-esq e? asit is not like putin independent legislature to do it, but certainly putin will ignore laws a reinterprethem or redraft them as suits his purposes. but that is sort of the autocratic in tel aviv. "i am president, wash and i do something that i don't want to do?" that is trump, that is putin, and every other autocrat on the planet. a second issue is are these sanctions at all useful and should they be imposed? stopsition is, we need to thinking of sanctions as instruments for changing putin's behavior because they don't work like that. they have never worked like that. they will not work like that. you leaving that they can do is externallywhen he is annoyed, you know they are well-designed sanctions. -- extremely annoyed, you know they are well-designed sanctions. but they're not going to get him to change his behavior, right? amy: explained that. what you mean by will designed. >> the sanctions that are personal sanctions against people who u.s. government believes to be implicated in grave violations of human rights, but they focus on people who are fairly close to putin, who are wealth

putin. but it had-- >> pelley: vladimir putin? >> rodchenkov: yes. >> pelley: so vladimir putin you? >> rodchenkov: yes. >> pelley: sochi was the first olympics hosted by russia since 1980. to "win at any cost," rodchenkov formulated an illicit performance enhancing prescription that contained three banned drugs. he told us the bobsled team was among those using his concoction. at the end of the games, russia came out on top with 33 medals. how many russian golds were there in sochi? >> rodchenkov: thirteen, 1-3. >> pelley: and of the 13, how many of those do you believe were won by athletes who were dirty? >> rodchenkov: five. >> pelley: what sports were those? >> rodchenkov: biathlon, skiing, bobsled, and skeleton. >> pelley: five medals, by the way, was the difference between first place and the second place finish of the united states. no russian athlete was ever found dirty at the sochi games? >> rodchenkov: during sochi games, no one. >> pelley: at sochi, athletes gave urine samples after their competitions. the samples went into these tamper-proof bottles used by the inte

putin has the same kind of authority to deliberately target any give. no that putin has all the powers in russia and his word is the last word here understand that in such a big country like russia know that every question could be addressed to a president for sure and that's the problem because all of the people around him sit and think ok what do we think about this or maybe we can treat the already set top as we can do this and then hundreds of intrigue has become the reality of our lives but the problem is that we don't have law we have intruded what proved too will think about this and this is i think a really bad situation because i want to leave. in a country where everything is ruled by law not by president well i think many people over the agree with you on that but i think the problem in russia is not what but how and this is actually what. one of the architects of liberal reform in russia said recently of the gaidar forum that the problem is not we all agree that the russian future is doomed democratic but the question is how to change that and from his position it's not just about political will it's about the energized citizenry what have you done in your campaign to encourage the citizen muscle i have done a huge tour i visited more than eighteen regions of russia already and in every cd i gather the. halls where i speak with people i talk about the need for change i talk about the problems we face i educate all around russia and my main goal is education i want to educate people i want to bring them truth and i want together all their problems to make them federal so i go on all the regions of russia and they give those problems and they want to. know what it is i've been following your campaign and sometimes it really looks like a more version of putin's annual call in show because you would go to some rundown hospital people will tell you how bad things are and they would be hoping that the publicity will make the local officials pay attention but it's the same old russian paternalism waiting for the officials to fix the problem rather than being the change you want to see in the world don't you think that you are essentially playing the very same kremlin tactic no i'm not i am the change people want to see because with me comes the light to their problems when they come to believe is that you want to see in russia that you want to see in the world somebody who actually not only talks about the problems but who fixes them. i fix them by doing this this is my way of fixing you know you can join from the city to drain the lesser scores because off to drive doesn't solve the problem in and what does it mean i can give you already some examples for example the hospital we mat already there. pronouncing a program of how to say building wo

putin. putin is the kind of auth authoritarian leader that they would. and he wanted to divide it as much as he possibly can, not to mention dividing nato. so, they like putiny. but they especially like him when he gives them money which is exactly what happened with le pen. she couldn't raise money in france and gave money for her campaign, marine le pen that is. >> christopher dickey, always great to talk to you, thank you so much. >> and there's more "am joy" after the break. ancestrydna is only $69. and now, with more than 150 ethnic regions to connect to... ...it's the perfect time to find out where your greatness comes from. save 30% at ancestrydna.com. like you do sometimes, grandpa? and puffed... well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more tha