>> reporter: keeping president trump informed about your meeting about how things are going? >> trump will be informed soon. he knew we were coming. >> reporter: both russians and americans said they talked about a wide range of issues, acknowledging major riffs on many key topics. >> i asked our friends in russia not to interfere in our election this year. i asked them to exit ukraine and allow ukraine to self-determine. i asked the same thing. i asked for their help in bringing peace to syria. >> reporter: on the russian side, some well-known faces, like sergey kislyak, russia's former ambassador to the u.s., who met with members of the trump team during the 2016 campaign and post-election transition. one meeting chaired by senior lawmaker, constantine kozachev