kremlin saying about vladimir putin's style? i mean he is a former kgb guy and likely he's all about dissecting and deciphering and really trying to read someone. will that really be his focus, trying to read donald trump? >> reporter: i think so. i think it's hard to believe that vladimir putin, this former kgb officer, this man who's been at the top of russian politics for so long now, is going to go into what is one of the most important meetings of the trump presidency so far from a russian point of view without being absolutely prepared to deal with any eventuality, absolutely prepared with an agenda of his own to push if there is no agenda coming at him from the other side, if you like. and the russians want more than anything else to normalize the relationship with the united states. they want the sanctions on their economy to be lifted. they want their interests around the world in places like syria