my mind turns to another six years of pugin and what it will look like. what will you watch for in forley -- internally russians living through another six years and externally as russia exerts power on the world stage? john: i was thinking about this earlier when we were discussing things. looking six years ahead, it isn't that hard to figure out actually. what his basic emphasis will be. and we wereas -- also talking backstage about whether we have a danger of overestimating putin and seeing him as more than 10 feet tall. that is always a danger, but really he is rather good at strategy. it is not that hard to be good at strategy when you have absolute power. when we put together a strategy document in our country, it is weeks and weeks of bureaucratic discussion and then everyone is exhausted before you implement the strategy. were told during a visit to moscow, basically people get together once a week with putin and decide what to do. you're looking ahead to the next six years, i would say his goals are to be first, further consolidate his power at h