kremlin. the first comments from the kremlin's spokesman in the last hour or so, he said the situation is serious and requires close analysis. he said we must keep emotion out of this. so this is an interesting kind of departure from what we've seen from the kremlin in the past. they've often been quick to label this as a political western conspiracy. president putin suggesting this was the u.s. trying to meddle in russia. but we did get some of that from poll tigs. one senator earlier this morning saying this is part of the west's policy to try to contain russia. so it certainly is that sentiment among some politicians. as for russia's athletes, their olympic hopefuls, we don't know if they're going to compete under the neutral olympic flag. they are going to try to come to a decision. we've seen from various comments that there isn't a consensus as yet, so i think there's a sense this morning that everyone is