richard connelly is a senior analyst for russia and the c. i. s at oxford analytical. he's an associate fellow at the royal united services institution to join us now from geneva. richard, go chatting with us on counting the cost in what sort of state is russia's economy right now? it's not in a bad state. good morning. i don't. i mean, certainly don't password for the last 3 years and many people thought that it would . and when western sanctions were imposed following the invasion, if you client in 2022, it grew by 4 point one percent last year and the year before, it's currently slowing down because it's very difficult to maintain that brisk race of growth. it faces a few problems in the fullness rising inflation in a tight labor market. but generally speaking, it's in pretty good shape. so here's the big question. do you see american businesses returning to russia any time soon? what would it take for that to happen? what they want to reach on. ok, i, that's a very good. that's why i think the most important point. i mean what it would take fast, but of course be so