aggressive posture perhaps want to terminate negotiations for mr lavrov in your discussions over paul wieland are the u.s. and russia any closer to resolving that case is paul whelan any closer today to freedom and also mr foreign minister do you believe that ukraine meddled in the u.s. election in 2016 and is that specifically something that you discussed with the secretary today thank you. thank you. with respect to north korea. we've worked with the russians on enforcement i've told foreign minister lavrov repeated that we appreciate the unfortunate level that they have they've done good work these are un security council resolutions these aren't american sanctions per se these are all driven by the u.n. security council resolutions that the russians voted for themselves there's always more work to be done on enforcement there's a. a major event on the 22nd of december where every nation is required to have all north korean workers out of their country we talked about that today and the importance there are many north korean workers that have been in russia the u.n. security council resolu