i don't think he's crazy on the subject of gays and lesbians. he is crazy on the subject of what he perceives as western influence as foreign agents. this is part of a broad crackdown on civil society. and that crackdown has had two themes, one of think is fighting so-called foreign agents. and putin sincerely believes that hillary clinton personally inspired the protest that began in december of 2011. he looks at those protests and he sees enemies of the state, he sees foreigners, he sees again foreign agents. and to him lgbt people are the quintessential foreign agents. and that's why we have ended up the prime target. >> just a quickie, masha. do you think the political pressure can let up at all, for instance, with the very close defeat of the reform candidate as mayor of moscow? do you think there's any chance of that kind of reform politics breaking through and mitigating this kind of situation? >> unfortunately i don't. i think putin's regime at this