thinks about russia's role, what he thinks about his own role in the world, the place of ukraine, his whole idea is based on the, on this concept that he has which is very emotional, too, that at the end of the cold war, russia was weak and the west, especially the united states, essentially forced russia to do what the west wanted. and he would say, you know, we were on our knees at this point but we're not on our knees today. he's built up financial reserves. a $620 billion. so he has been preparing to withstand a lot of pressure. and do i believe that it goes just i don't understand that mathematics of will it hurt, won't it hurt, it's a deeply held feeling that he wants a sphere of influence around russia, and that includes