becoming more like us or more open. he's not interested in developing a real modern economy because that could set in motion trends, economically and politically, that could threaten his domination of the country. so that's what we have to understand. we're not going to change him. he's not going to democratize. he will pay a price for keeping political prisoners in prison. his principle role and goal is to stay in power. where he might be willing to compromise are things that are not central to that, for example, all the cyberattacks on the united states, the ransomware. that's a useful tool but that is not tied to his maintenance of power. the biden administration needs to distinguish where are the areas we could potentially move putin. where are the areas we're simply banging our head against the wall. >> as we watch vladimir putin's planegeneva, and