for going into these talks and what they would have said and would be their priorities. if it is ok i want to pick your brains for what you think is going on here in vladimir putin s mind. j think is going on here in vladimir putin s mind. putin s mind. i think he has made very clear putin s mind. i think he has made very clear demands putin s mind. i think he has made very clear demands that - putin s mind. i think he has made very clear demands that he - putin s mind. i think he has made very clear demands that he wantsj very clear demands that he wants essentially the west recognise that russia has a sphere of influence or read itself and ukraine does not have full sovereignty it can never become a member of nato and so forth and i think he is trying to assemble pieces of the former russian empire that he can attach to a greater russia. he is doing this in the hundredth anniversary year of the founding of the soviet union so he is very determined. he is moving military forces a