Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180317:04:45:00
>> dictators never ask why, it's always why not. so in 2006, putin killed kgb, i'm sure under direct putin command ordered killed a former agent in london using poison. it was a nuclear attack on the united kingdom. nothing happened. for putin, another attack recently was a demonstration of the weaknesses of the western governments, the democratic governments. >> and also a demonstration of his reach? >> exactly. two things. one is he sends a message to russian elite in russia basically saying look i'm so powerful they are afraid, they do nothing. but second one, he is sending message abroad f...