Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161222:18:47:00
>> reporter: when the soviet union collapsed, the world thought russia would be a different place. and for a decade under president yelts yeltsin, it was. >> they had free press, democracy and civil society. the problem is they didn't have any laws and they didn't have any rules. >> reporter: bill browder, an investment banker, was there in russia making millions amidst the chaos. then putin came to power. a few years later, he clashed have browder. >> i pointed out that putin and the people around him had stole and enormous amount of money from the russian people and have covered it up. >> re...