we were with the kremlin saying not to expect any breakthroughs. and he would have another phone conversation with him. to follow on and see if there are additional steps that can be taken. what we did see in this press conference was putin airing many of the same grievances that we first in recent weeks, recent months and in fact going back many years, basically about putin's long standing grievance about the expansion of nato after the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war and this is one of the long standing complaints that he raised again in the press conference. this is what he had to say. >> translator: we are categorically against the expansion of nato through new members in the east because this poses a broad threat to us. to say that russia is acting aggressively at the very least does not correspond to sound