tajikistan and kyrgistan are in this place. integrating them with russia would involve integrating the population. possibility, but this is not a solution for ethnic nationalists. in crimea, they believe that they are helping fellow russians. that brings a lot of false points. hesitate to argue this case. experiment, of that -- thoughtent experiment, let's say that the baltic states lose credibility. would russia take them over? we would say no. the baltic states would somehow be incorporated and included. that would be the next target. it would not stop. involve a repetition of 1940's. this is an intuitive knowledge that we all have about the possible consequences of this watershed. it does not really fit into the logic. the only thing that is out there in operation. another explanation is to say that this is domestically motivated. there is a potential economic crisis. a war would last long enough to divert-- diaper -- attention from domestic problems. it were such a calculation, a cold-blooded calculation, it should have inc

there's been speculation within china this may have been related to the east kyrgistan movement. they were involved in a knifing attack at a train station. >> what is the theory about what the terrorists would have been doing aboard this strange journey. >> this theory has been put around inside of china. there was a claim of responsibility that's supposed to be a hoax. that they blew up an airliner full of two thirds chinese nationals. >> why the u-turn, why not just blow up the plane? >> it may have been a situation that was initially a hijacking or perhaps there was an effort to retake the plane. now we're going pretty far down the rabbit hole even beyond just speculation lace as to suspects. given all the elements we've discussed here, that doesn't seem too far afield. nobody can say i know what happened and nobody can eliminate any of the possibilities. those are all very much on the table. if it is terrorism, you want to know, is there a follow-up attack what group may be involved in further attacks? >> we have steal doors remain ing on the cockpit. the reality of a hijacke