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Vladimir putin officially running for a fourth term at russia's president. today he submitted paper work in moscow to declare the candidacy. the victory a foregone conclusion banning all serious opposition. putin's russia is not anything approaching a democracy. but if putin needs someone to defend the leadership, here's someone who's been willing to do it before. >> putin likes trump. and he said nice things about me. he called may genius. >> if he says great things about me, i'll say great things about him. >> do you respect put snn. >> i do respect him. >> putin's a killer? >> a lot of kill...

Saying that the election is undemocratic. it's the ukraine saying it. their constitution says that they can have a referendum on the status of crimea but the entire country has to vote on it. so it's not just the u.s. and other countries standing on one side. you know, it's what the people of ukraine put into their constitution. so russia's just, you know, doing what they want to do and i think there needs to be consequences to that. >> dana, some of the rhetoric we're seeing -- we saw another statement from the president or the white house i should say saying that they reject the referendum s...