david stern is there for us. david, i'm sure much relief from many people that they are going to get the gas supplies. but ukraine, kiev still has to find quite a chunk of money here, doesn't it? >> well, exactly. there's a great deal of relief. in fact, i was just at a briefing with ukraine's foreign minister, he paut veut a very pe spin, as you can imagine. he said this gives them flexibility and also said it's temporary, only to the end of march. so he said they are not committing huge amounts, and there's not a take or pay deal, as they had before, where ukraine was required to pay for the gas, even if they used it. they are going to be paying monthly in advance. but as you said, this is a large amount of money that they are going to be paying. but the ukrainians are also very positive because they say they are getting assurances now from the european union and they see this as very key, so that if there's a jump in the price or a jump perhaps in the amount of gas that they do need, a protracted quote snap, pe