it was interesting when secretary of state john kerry went to sochi. i don't think he didn't openly say this, but there was an implicit deal that if the situation in ukraine was resolved, the united states was happy to work with russia on iran, on syria, on libya and so forth, and, indeed, russia has the stake in that because what john kerry was offering was to protect the nation state and re-establish borders in the region, and russia has been a beneficiary from the nation state. that has been detected. there was something on the table in sochi when secretary of state john kerry went there. great to see you, thanks for joining us for "inside story". i'll be back in a minute with a last word on long term and short term thinking and success and failure in today's russia, stay with us.