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Elections. and, of course, when mr. putin came to power, he quickly ended all of that and these old oligarchs were sent into exile or they were impresidented and spent more ten years in jail on political fabricated charges. so the people we know as russian oligarchs to day, it's not a very accurate term today. oligarch, that's supposed -- >> it implies they have power. >> exactly. these people really don't. the people we know as russian oligarchs to day are the people who are mr. putin's old associates, uche lit cronies, friends, either from the kgb days or his colleagues from petersburg days ...

The kremlin that it's hard to tell where the companies end and the state begins. and now running it all is putin. not an oligarch himself, per se, but the leader of what one economist recently described as russia inc where putin personally works as the executive director. and a man who through brute force managed to make the oligarchs answer to him or else. he admires putin's setup. but why does russia love him? here to help me answer that is vice chairman of the pro-democracy group open rush yachlt thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about that. that op...

People trying to attack democracy, let's attack instead the intelligence agencies giving us these conclusions, let's pretend the democrats are involved, and let's return to tax cuts. it's obscene. it is propaganda, and it has to stop. the republican party which unfortunately jennifer rubin, conservative, wrote this morning is in opposition to reality. the republican party has to take over and decide whether or not they're going to allow the propaganda to drive democracy or side with america and help fight this enemy. >> and i'm going to let tamera respond. herb, you wrote a book, title is "lea...

>> this is person called the crowned prosecutor? >> yes. that is pretty amusing. the last time they had a crowned prosecutor was 1917, yes, the russian empire. but he meant the general prosecutor. it is on paper this is the equivalent of the u.s. attorney general. >> okay. >> but that's where the analogy ends. he is somebody who first of all, of course, is responsible as putin's prosecuting general for a slast politically motivated prosecutions against opposition activists and leaders. we have more than 100 political prisoners today. and, of course this will be the person, one of the people at...

Attacked. >> you can't compare me to someone making apologies for hitler. >> i think putin is. >> that's a grotesque overstatement. >> putin -- >> that's insane. >> you can think it is insane. >> you compared me to a nazi apoll gist because i asked a simple question, slow down, which is why doesn't it contra convenient american interest and cause with a group trying to kill isis. >> herb, he went on to say we made common cause with stalin to fight hitler and implied america didn't have a problem. the cold war came after that. do you find it extraordinary. we had him describing how violent the ...