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To prevent them tracing anything to him. it appears he is loving the attention and the strife inside the u.s. political system. >> he has a president who wants to have better relations with russia. he has a scandal that has weakened the u.s. president and he has a u.s. president who is busy lecturing his best allies about climate and about nato. theres lots of things that putin is enjoying about the crisis. >> reporter: vladimir putin came to the defense of the man who works for him here in wash...

Busy lecturing his best allies about climate and about nato. theres lots of things that putin is enjoying about the current crisis. >> reporter: vladimir putin came to the defense of the man who works for him here in washington, russian ambassador sergey kislyak who is at the center of the investigation into trumps aides contacts with the russians. putin said our ambassador met with someone. thats what the ambassador must do. he said reports of secret deals before the inauguration are, quote, hy...