punish dissent and imprison opponents. they rig your elections. >> all true. >> that's true? >> they perpetuate your power, terrorize and assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption. >> i saw that all firsthand and there are many who would agree with that passage. and the only ones who wouldn't would be in the putin government. >> here's another quote. this is from steven cohn, we've had on the show. very renowned scholar of russia for his career. and he says that we are essentially characterizing putin in way that's harmful to our u.s. interests and harmful of our understanding in what's going on in russia. it's not directed at our show, but he talks about how everyone wants to put him topless, which we do all the time, it's basically an editorial rule, all photos of putin need to be topless. he says, instead of embracing russian president vladimir putin's proposal to save washington from another