you would argue a global player. no question can be solved without russia. russia has done some nasty things on the global stage, there is no doubt about that. it's not the only country that has ever done nasty things on the global stage. but still, dialogue is important because the stakes are too high. carl bildt? there could be, depends on the circumstances. i mean, of course, there must always be room for diplomacy. i was foreign minister, i think, for eight years, and apart from the close circle of eu friends there was no—one i spent as much time with as with the russian foreign minister. on all sorts of issues. sometimes we didn't agree. often we disagreed, but it was important to keep the communication channels open. then, certain occasions, crimea, ukraine aggression, we imposed sanctions on russia. but even more important, i think, we stressed the importance of building up the democratic resilience of our respective societies. that is the biggest