soldier of russia will leave our country. that young man in the white shirt said their efforts amount to a good waste of russian money. every ruble spent getting websites running is money that can t be spent on the car machine. neil? neil: thanks, mike, very much. you know, we haven t heard much out of the chinese on all of this. we did hear yesterday that said the friendship with russia is rock solid. we have heard that they have been looking to buy some russian energy and commodities firms. beyond that, very little out of beijing. the significance of that right now with senator roy blunt. he wanted to know what officials knew about china and what they re doing. senator, good to see you. i guess there s an understanding in russia between it and china