absent from the global event is the russian president vladimir putin, putin did not attend the g20 summit in rome over the weekend. joining us now to discuss is fiona hill the former top russia adviser for president trump, and the author of the new book there is nothing for you here. fiona, thanks so much for joining us. as you know, putin skipping trips to the g20 in rome, now the climate summit in glasgow. what is this calculation for sitting all this out? well i think the biggest calculation, wolf, is the pandemic, because if putin leaves right now, it s sending a bad signal at home. russia actually has its highest infection and mortality rates from the coronavirus, highest than any other point in the last couple of years. so this is really quite a test for him on the home front. so i think there was no choice really about whether he stayed or came to gloss gao but of course in his absence there s going to be a lot of scrutiny