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Elections. and, of course, when mr. putin came to power, he quickly ended all of that and these old oligarchs were sent into exile or they were impresidented and spent more ten years in jail on political fabricated charges. so the people we know as russian oligarchs to day, its not a very accurate term today. oligarch, thats supposed -- >> it implies they have power. >> exactly. these people really dont. the people we know as russian oligarchs to day are the people who are mr. putins old associa...

The kremlin that its hard to tell where the companies end and the state begins. and now running it all is putin. not an oligarch himself, per se, but the leader of what one economist recently described as russia inc where putin personally works as the executive director. and a man who through brute force managed to make the oligarchs answer to him or else. he admires putins setup. but why does russia love him? here to help me answer that is vice chairman of the pro-democracy group open rush yach...

People trying to attack democracy, lets attack instead the intelligence agencies giving us these conclusions, lets pretend the democrats are involved, and lets return to tax cuts. its obscene. it is propaganda, and it has to stop. the republican party which unfortunately jennifer rubin, conservative, wrote this morning is in opposition to reality. the republican party has to take over and decide whether or not theyre going to allow the propaganda to drive democracy or side with america and help ...

>> this is person called the crowned prosecutor? >> yes. that is pretty amusing. the last time they had a crowned prosecutor was 1917, yes, the russian empire. but he meant the general prosecutor. it is on paper this is the equivalent of the u.s. attorney general. >> okay. >> but thats where the analogy ends. he is somebody who first of all, of course, is responsible as putins prosecuting general for a slast politically motivated prosecutions against opposition activists and leaders. we have mor...

Attacked. >> you cant compare me to someone making apologies for hitler. >> i think putin is. >> thats a grotesque overstatement. >> putin -- >> thats insane. >> you can think it is insane. >> you compared me to a nazi apoll gist because i asked a simple question, slow down, which is why doesnt it contra convenient american interest and cause with a group trying to kill isis. >> herb, he went on to say we made common cause with stalin to fight hitler and implied america didnt have a problem. the...

Attorney michael cohen trying to push a peace plan to michael flynn for the ukraine. >> and is felix sader tied in to vladimir putin, is there a connection to the russian government? >> you know, it is like everything in this, we have to be very careful. i think vladimir putin operates at a high level in this stuff, he plays chess and other characters that emerge in trump lan dia play checkers. there was money came into the bay rock group through iceland and other locales that was questionable, ...