Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170328:02:32:00
The table to begin with? that itself raises suspicions. but then when you look at this particular bank it's putin's kind of pet bank which has been involved in financing some of his pet projects like the sochi winter olympics. it's helping bail out some of the oligarchs closest to putin. it's a very politically sensitive institution. it's also been under u.s. sanctions and e.u. sanctions since the aggression against ukraine. and it's in deep financial trouble as a result of that. apparently it has something like a $20 billion debt. so they were clearly looking to establish a relationship with ...