blockbuster annual event that is his sagtage, his spotlight. he spoke to business leaders, said please help usury store normal political dialogue, help the new u.s. administration. i think it was a reference there to sanctions because of course here in moscow, the view is normal political dialogue can't resume while sanctions are in place. and mentioned as well there was reduction in trade between the u.s. and russia, he talked about a lot of economic opportunity. russia has been looking for any clues coming out of the trump administration for that suggested lifting of sanctions trump talked about on the campaign. and it has seen the opposite. they talked about rather than lifting sanctions, talked about strengthening them. it is a painful issue in russia and something as we saw top of the president's mind. >> clare sebastian in moscow.

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