russian president vladimir putin was great. what's the view from moscow? >> well, they didn't describe it as great. but they said he was business-like and informative. they discussed a whole range of issues, not just syria. that was the primary reason for the call by vladimir putin, the russian president to his u.s. counterpart to discuss the outcome of that meeting that he held in sochi in southern russia with bashar al assad, of course, the russian government has been providing military support to prop up the assad regime in syria for the past couple of years. but they also spoke about other issues like the situation on the korean peninsula, the situation in afghanistan and the ongoing problems in ukraine. and what the russians are saying, this illustrates just how broad the relationship is or should be between the united states and russia. but the course of the problems and the allegations of election