saw publicly displayed on russian national media and now globally between vladimir putin and foreign minister lavlavrov, once again, a very long table, where putin asked love rov, all this pre planned and staged, where there was opportunity for diplomatic paths or did he think it was a waste of time. lavrov answering he does see an opportunity for diplomacy. do you see that as a way for russia to simmer tensions? is that, as you were talking about, brinksmanship in full display? >> i think german chancellor schultz, relatively inexperienced, is coming to moscow tomorrow. can he bring a peaceful resolution? there's more than a little irony of having germany and russia discussing carving up another european country. i think putin does see weakness