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HONEST.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> Reporter: AFTER DAYS OF
STAYING MUM, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN FINALLY BROKE HIS
SILENCE.
TROUBLE IS, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY
VERY LITTLE OF WHAT HE SAID IS
TRUE.
HERE'S PUTIN ON THE RUSSIAN
TROOPS NOW PATROLLING UKRAINE.
HE SAYS THEY AREN'T HIS.
>> Translator: AT OTHER UNIFORMS
OF OTHER POST-SOVIET.
YOU CAN SEE SUCH UNIFORMS IN THE
SHOP.
THEY WERE SELF DEFENSE TEAMS.
THEY WERE PREPARED WELL.
BUT LOOK AT HOW WELL THE PEOPLE
IN KIEV WERE PREPARED.
>> Reporter: HERE'S PUTIN ON THE
PROTESTER THAT IS BROUGHT DOWN
THE PRO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN
UKRAINE.
>> Translator: INCLUDING KIEV.
>> Reporter: PUTIN WASN'T KIND
TO THE U.S. EITHER.
>> Translator: I HAVE A FEELING
IN AMERICA, SOME PEOPLE SIT IN
SOME LAB DOING EXPERIMENTS LIKE
ON RATS WITHOUT KNOWING THE
CONSEQUENCES.
WHY DO THEY NEED TO DO THIS?
NOBODY HAS AN EXPLANATION.
>> Reporter: SO ARE PUTIN'S
CLAIMS METHOD OR MADNESS?
ANGELA MERCKEL IS ONE OF THE FEW
WORLD LEADERS PUTIN HAS SPOKEN
WITH RECENTLY.
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" SHE DESCRIBED HIM TO
OBAMA AS BEING IN ANOTHER WORLD,
A SENTIMENT SHARED BY SOME
RUSSIAN OBSERVERS SAYING THE
PRESIDENT SURROUNDED HIM WITH
YES MEN IN THE KREMLIN AND
OTHERS SAY PUTIN IS VERY MUCH IN
COMMAND OF HIS SENSES AND IN
FACT HAS A PLAN FOR A WORLD
ORDER HE SEES AS A REAL THREAT
TO RUSSIA INTERESTS.
>> WHETHER IT'S LIBYA OR SYRIA
OR IRAN OR UKRAINE, HE SEES
WESTERN ACTIONS AS UNIQUELY
ATTEMPTING TO UNDERMINE RUSSIAN
POWER.
>> Reporter: PUTIN MAY ALREADY
HAVE ACHIEVED HIS GOAL IN
UKRAINE.
ESTABLISHING AND EMPHASIZING
RUSSIA'S CONTROL OVER ITS BASES
AND NAVY PORT IN CRIMEA.
THE DOINGER IS THAT THE VOLATILE