chance to speak with russian officials who are close with prime minister putin and president dmitri megadeathcame away with the sense that the russians are really angry. there is a chip on the country's shoulder, a sense of resentment left over from the end of communism. they feel they were beaten up in the 1990's and the united states did not help them. they keep that we think -- they keep thinking that we're pushing nato and the protest and we're not listening to them. they're upset with our efforts to encourage what they think of as anti-russian feelings in neighboring countries, the ukraine and georgia. they are angry. as a result, they are not prepared to talk about the things that we care about. the top of our list is iran. we take iran seriously. one russian official said to me, "we thank you have a media about iran. maybe you are still worried about the indians. that is your problem, not ours." it was very dismissive, almost vulgar. i came away thinking this is not an easy problem. president obama and his earlier trips, just the force of his personality, his charisma, his ability to u