Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171013:04:44:00
The reason why the russians top priority is to get rid of those sanctions is that putin doesn't fear losing a democratic election. he's not going to lose a democratic election. a viable opponent in russia now winds up in jail or dead, but he does fear mass protest and the ability for people to gather and demand better or demand the removal of an autocrat. and if this economy continues to suffer, then that is a threat to the regime. so this is why it was such a high priority for putin to remove those sanctions, why certainly if there was going to be a deal struck, it would be about removing tho...