Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140218:14:45:00
Has had to make some concessions domestically. we talked about the pussy riot and so forth. a lot of other people have been freed. putin has taken not a mild stance with regard to protesters around the kremlin, but nevertheless not the same degree of crackdown as we see in other countries. in other words it's a very sophisticated way of trying to loosen up and understand that his longevity, given vulnerabilities that he has on the economy and elsewhere, are going to require a great deal more cooperation of his own people. >> the republican primary season begins. a lot of colleagues will be fac...