So poton does this primarily for domestic political considerations? You know, iwas in another interview, i was mentioning how president bush, before the nine 11 attacks, was the subject of ridicule. And then there was even a t v called, that's my bush, ridiculing the bush family on the comedy channel. And of course, right after nine 11, he's a hero. And then the invasion of arak. He's a war time president. His popularity goes again. So this is not just a russian phenomenan, this use of war, but, but that. But that being said, a this, how could they be so wrong? This is the opposite of what they've achieved in terms of shoring up his domestic strength. He has to look incompetent and weak. In terms of nata, he's strength tonado, and he's, he's given the western arms manufacturers a present they couldn't even dream of. O, what is this going to mean in terms of domestic politics?

Well, it was a failure. But again, this not the problem of russian politics. Actually, in reality, a russian government and russianputin steam, they fail every time they do anything wile, there is one problem. No matter what they do, they have this propaganda machine which can turn any failure into a tremendous victory. But there is one problem that you can't do that with a war. This was a big mistake because, e, well, you know, you can a havealike when ther were economic failures. O know, they have this, this whole new language like a, youe, no wondr the economists are declining or collapsing. You know how they call it negative growth? Ha, ha, ha.

I think they use that here too.

Our economy is always growing, just sometimes negative. The growth continues.