I have studied Russian and Russia some, am familiar with many Russian movies and I would disagree. Putin was not likely interested in Trump much, he was likely more worried about the complete witch Trump was running against . . . . She is the psycho who sent sarin gas to Syria, (see the news article by Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh), she fucked Libya up completely, was responsible for the murder of Gadaffi and laughed about it afterward (that is on video on youtube), she voted for the Iraq war only because she was offered a huge amount of money to rebuild New York from the Repukelicans . . . and you can find a video of her admitting just that on youtube too . . . . . Putin wanted nothing to do with that psycho bitch.