Russia's behaviour this last month or so make any sense within that framework? Because however annoyed they might have been about having to pay transit fees for the ukraine pipe line, isn't this ultimately isolating them as an energy power? Nordstream, too, suspended the united states about banning imports of russian oil and gas. Is there any i guess you now entirely rational analysis in that respect for what russia's doing? I don't think you can attribute energy motives to what peton has done. He knewtat the movest he was making were weakening ukraine's position economically. In russia, it is less dependent on those exports to europe than it