into effect a plan. it started with her using wire cutters to cut off her electronic monitoring bracelet. she then fled. they reportedly used seven different cars to sneak her to the russiansn border. they re not saying exactly which border or which route she took to get there or even which country she initially snuck to you, but they explain it was seven different cars, leaving the final car in the middle of a muddy field, and then she crossed the last few 100 meters on foot in the mud in the dark with no illumination other than the stars to keep her directional bearing. but she crossed the border, and again they are not saying how they did it, but they want it to be known that they did it, that they got her out along with her daughter. and the two of them are safe. they are out of russia. they are now in france. and the decision to publicize her exfiltration, her extraction