but i don't think anybody knows whether it is going to work or not. it is not at all clear right now how much flood him or putin 's receptive to the pain that his people are feeling. we don't even really know, yasmin, what kind of picture he is getting from his advisors. we talked before about what a small circle he's surrounded with right now. how remote the russian leader is from his people. if you ask some of the analysts here in moscow, they'll tell you he's kind of remote from reality right now. it is not obvious looking at him that this man who has led russia for 22 years is releasing the picture clearly. so we just don't know, you know how these sanctions are going to impact his thinking. whether he will pull back. he has some cards to play. you know, the russian government has threatened to cut off energy supplies from your. that has the potential to be really devastating. but it also will hurt the