they say that their relatives in vladivostok in the far east of russia are worried about them. pjotr schustovoi: my mom keeps calling me. keeps saying that she saw on tv that we're surrounded by nato troops. reporter: there is a lot going on in russia's baltic sea outpost -- the skipper gennadii has been observing the developments with interest. bootsfuhrer gennadij: there are many new ships. the fleet has to be renewed. it's beginning to be like during the time of the peter the great. things are very similar at the moment. reporter: he says it feels good to see the brand new warships. the top commanders of the fleet have also changed. there are over 30 new officers. most are from the secret service. short-range ballistic missiles have also been deployed here. many locals are not displeased by this display of military prowess. alina: it's absolutely right. pjotr: i also think it's right. maybe somethings are overdone but on the other hand i think russia could have reacted even more strongly to the sanctions. reporter: it's important, they say, to show russia's strength. this wa

of reporters on the trans-siberian express from moscow td trans-siberian express from moscow to vladivostokd they were all talking about donald trump. and they loved him. it's one of those countries in the world where opinion of donald trump runs very high. we shouldn't forget their view of donald trump is, how should 1 shouldn't forget their view of donald trump is, how should i put it, filtered through the largely kremlin controlled media. it's not surprising he is rather popular there. that was moscow, we can go to london now. every american presidential election, the us embassy in london throws a huge party, and we would like to thank the american taxpayer for that at this moment. every four years, it's very good of you to do that. we can head to the us embassy in london. (tm head to the us embassy in london. you were talking about packed bars, the bar at the us embassy has been packed all night. 1500 people invited, nonpartisan affair, democrats and republicans given equal allocation of tickets. all scrupulously by the book. the ambassador is with me. thank you for having me. american