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You know, there's enough blood on our hands and our children and grandchildren's hands. let's just switch to the side of light, of life. >> despite the dangers they face. anna, thank you so much for your very important reporting. we appreciate it. >> so while some russians are running away from president putin amidst the country's invasion of ukraine, some in america's right wing are seemingly embracing him, but where does this fervor for putin stem from? many would say it comes from a former president who never shied away from complimenting the leader. >> i have been saying over the years and...

Already see lists of enemies and traitors. these lists are created by some bots and social media, russian social media users. they're not official lists yet, but people don't know how this crackdown is going to be and how many people are going to be arrested and put in jail for 15 years for spreading fake news and saying the word war, which is considered to be one of the fake news. >> so anecdotally, i have heard of russians having conversations with their own children inside ukraine who are fleeing this war, who are fleeing the violence and saying why are you leaving? putin is doing the right...

Journalist marina ovsyannikova, i hope i said that right, who ran on set during russian state tv broadcast with a sign that read in part, they're lying to you. spoke out this morning on her decision to stay in russia after publicly refusing an offer from france for political asylum. let's take a listen. >> translator: very worried for the safety of my children, first and foremost. now, i believe in the history of my country the times are very dark and very difficult, and every person who has a civil position who wants to make that civil position known must speak up. it's very important. >> how...