trail. i know you lived in this world for eight years after you met sergei. what was it like? >> well, it was sort of like everyone imagined, like the god father. this crazy, insane world and complete lack of normal human morals, no empathy. there's a huge -- like any dictator. we all hate each other, very competitive, they don't trust each other. it's ruthless. >> so your relationship with sergei is the focus of a bbc documentary. it's called the countess and the russian billionaire. it lays out how close sergei was to putin as putin rose in power. here's a clip from the netflix documentary. >> it was a meteoric ascent and