russia. the two governments, ali, there really are in lockstep with vladimir putin right now, our belarus, and the acid regime in syria. as that rush on this shares the dubious distinction of being the head of a president with sanctions from the united states. most of all, what you described at the un security council last night, the fact that china would not vote against the staff resolution condemning russia's invasion and going pass it's via -- which left russia exposed. force the cast a veto on its own. that is a big blow. especially given that vladimir putin has been really courting chinese presidents in the last few weeks. a few weeks ago they released the joint statement where they talked about the need to counter nato.