angela stent to you first. are the russians deciding to get involved in this after all these years? >> i think president putin has seen a major opportunity. for 20 years russia has complained or tried to block what the u.s. did, or went along and said they didn't have an opportunity to shaipt agenda. they have an opportunity now. there's division in the u.s. the president has hesitated about what to do. russia does have a special relationship with president assad. and i welcome the fact that they've now tried to take the initiative, and find some solution to this awful legislation. >> woodruff: andranik migranyan, so it's just taking advantage of a window of opportunity? >> no, i don't think so. we have another perception. yesterday, the "wall street journal" published information that a year ago, during the summit of g-20 put the problem of syrian chemical weapons and purported the idea to put the weapons under international control. even in april, when kerry visited moscow, they raised this question together