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Main source of news is television. if it didnt happen on television, it didnt happen. >> reporter: putin controls television. >> there is absolutely no critical words about vladimir putin on the russian air waves. none, not one word. >> reporter: putin controls everything in russia. >> putin has an untrammepled authority. i dont see any checks on his power. >> he is able to make singular, rapid decisions. the absolute is in there. its unlike anything i have seen in russia. >> reporter: all that ...

>> reporter: the crackdown was not shown on russian television. >> for 94% of russians, their main source of news is television. if it didnt happen on television, it didnt happen. >> reporter: putin controls television. >> theres absolutely no critical words about vladimir putin on the russian airwaves none, not one word. >> reporter: putin controls everything in russia. >> putin has an untrammeled authority. >> i dont see any checks on his power. >> he is able to make singular, rapid decisions....

7th, head of the director of national intelligence, the secretary of home land security said only russias senior most officials could have authorized these actiflvities. does that mean putin ? >> it does mean putin . the president was asked during the press conference, he said look, its hard to imagine that you had people in russia, in the russian government, in the kremlin who were freelancing when it came to interfering in the democratic affairs of the united states. that would be i think unth...