joining me now, the russian ambassador to the u.s., sergei kislyak. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> straight up, the question is that these olympics are going to take place, full speed ahead, in sochi, which essentially is right next door to a war zone. was it a mistake to choose that spot? >> it wasn't. for several reasons. one, sochi is as safe as the rest of russia. secondly, sochi is pretty unique a place in terms of its geographics, climate, and very uniqueness in sochi being kind of resort area on the warm sea and you can also do downhill skiing in about two hours and a half. so it is wonderful place for olympics, first. secondly, it is not close to war zone. there is no war zone in russia. >> well, it is certainly close where a lot of terrorist activity takes place as recently