ballroom and it was massive and there was one table he was asked to sit at with the russian ambassador. >> in the middle of a whole huge ballroom. >> completely. i was like did you have to speak into the lamp. so anyway, what do we know about this russian ambassador/top spy. >> this silence tells the story of how this man has worked his way into all of these corridors. >> ambassadors into different countries traditionally played many different roles and often times they're intermediaries and people that see a great deal of intelligence. i don't know a great deal about what he does on a day-to-day basis. but ambassadors are generally people that are expressions of points and then vladimir putin as we know. he is essentially russia's top spy but he's following that