ukranian war. but let's keep in mind that the russians control their information and also that the vast majority of russians believe that the reason russia is in such difficult shape is because they've been humiliated by the west. and putin is the guy. even if they don't like the war, that is fighting for russia against the west. he's fighting against nato, he's fighting against ukraine, and that continues to give him some 70% approval ratings across russia. we shouldn't expect that to change even as the russian economy implodes in the near term. >> ian bremmer, thank you so much. we always really appreciate your time. thanks again. >> be safe, john. >> yes, be safe, john, and all our teams over there. this just in to cnn, we just learned that cnn in moscow was given access to basketball star