steven nicks is a regional director from eurasia at the international rehab republican institute. he says this is a significant step by the us. there's 2 salient points here. first is principle. the 2nd is timing. from the principal standpoint, this is exactly what the west needs to do to stand up to the authoritarian regime in bales. although these 4 individuals have been charged in us district court in new york, the real perpetrator here is alexander lucas. shank. all these 4 individuals are acting on his orders. so this is an important message that the west descending, that they're not going to tolerate air piracy, which is a legal term used to denote hi jackie. it's intolerable. and the west need to take stuff up. stand on this. the 2nd is, jaime. i think the timing is important because this comes at the same time that bail rosen and russian military units are engaged in joint exercises on ukraine's northern order to further to stabilize the situation and intimidate him. it's conceivable. if these individuals ever set foot outside of bail route into any of the you countries, t