putin. >> yeah, sure. >> and i doubt it. he's kind of in a bubble. the central bank of russia amassed -- i don't know what the number -- $336 billion of reserves to withstand initially the pain -- whatever pain is caused by sanctions. so, again, we'll have to see. i personally don't think that it is going to be much of a distraction for putin himself personally. >> so the options are he stays, russia and russian-backed separatists stay in this area that they have held or they expand beyond that to these co counties, or maybe they proceed down toward crimea, they get mariupul, or they go for as you -- the whole monty, you used that phrase. what do you think putin wants to do? >> what putin wants to do is