mr. wooten still see this as tipping the balance in his favor? >> he has provoked the west. what is amazing is that prd has a great deal of interest in ukraine. they are dependent on russia for gas imports. there is a large russian ethnic population in ukraine. whatever coalition government would emerge would have to fax some russians. to sign aabout contract for aircraft development when this without. -- went bad. nato is going to focus on the east-west divide in a way that it has not done since the end of the cold war. it has made it certain that europe is going to increase its capabilities to accept liquid natural gas and other forms of natural gas. suddenly the russian economy is paying the price. russia is even more isolated. nato has a new lease on life. confrontingin start and second-guessing? run, could this come back and bite him? >> he will try to blame economic problems on the west. he has done that already. what is really going to make a difference is how the leaders of the russian business as that have been internationalized react to this. they are becoming pawn