u.s. embassy in russia, why would it be to vladimir putin's advantage to promote this theory of ukraine interference. >> to u deflect from the allegations of russian interference. to drive a wedge between the united states and ukraine, which russia wants to essentially get back into its atmosphere of influence. thirdly, to besmirch ukraine and is leadership and degrade and erode support for ukraine from other key partners in europe and elsewhere. >> dr. hill, promoting this theory of ukrainen interference in the election, was president trump adopting vladimir putin's view over his own senior advisors and intelligence officials? >> i think we have to be very careful about the way that we phrase that. this is a view that president putin and the russian security services and many actors in russia have promoted. i think this view has also got some traction perhaps in