amy: wolfgang sporrer, take that a step farther.t countries do you see mediating that negotiation? today you have the image of lavrov and blinken shaking hands but at the same time, you have the u.s. increasing tension with china, sending over $600 million in weapons to taiwan. you have putin and xi jinping's alliance. where do you see this happening? >> the location is i think of secondary importance. i can see istanbul. let us not forget it is where right now russia and ukraine and officials are sitting together on a daily basis, negotiating in the context of the black sea european initiative. another location i think would be -- istanbul would be a good location. another question, who could play the role of mediator? i hear on many occasions that people think about personalities like the brazilian president lula. we just heard in your news that potentially the indian prime minister modi. i am a little skeptical of this as i would not be surprised if either ukraine or russia actually rejects -- would reject these countries as a me