that russian state tv had aired some provocative comments from the autocrat, a documentary, russia, new history. in that documentary, putin lamented the collapse of the soviet union, saying it was a disintegration of historical russia under the name of the soviet union. we turned into a completely different country and what had been built up over 1,000 years was largely lost. yet for months during the escalating tensions between russia and ukraine, tucker has been questioning why the u.s. doesn't side with the kremlin. >> why would we take ukraine's side and not russia's side? it's a sincere question. if you're looking from the american perspective, why? who's got the energy reserves? who's the major player in world affairs? who's the potential counterbalance against china, which is the actual threat? why would we take ukraine's side? why wouldn't we have russia's side? i'm totally confused. >> look, clearly ukraine is a democracy. russia is an authoritarian regime that is seeking to impose its wilpon a validly elected