that never-ending fight. so he's not interested in any kind of negotiations, and russian audience, those people who are watching russian television, would not understand any kind of truce between russia and ukraine, but actually, that's not a problem for putin. he can show anything to russian audience, to that part of russian people who still believe the state propaganda. he can show them any picture with any kind of victory. >> and they'll believe it. >> and the russian liberating army has won that war. >> really quick, mikhail, who is advising the russian president? is there anybody that can get through at this point? is there anybody that is not a "yes" man advising putin? >> unfortunately, no. unfortunately, he's really isolated, and only those people