>> well, first of all, we gave him some pause. >> if you had a question for vladimir putin, what would it be? >> maybe, don't affect the fish tax as much. >> reporter: and saturday night that's just what happened. the russians saying after appeals from the irish government and the fishermen themselves, russia would move its ships further out to see, away from the irish fishing boats. the news reaching this community by tweet. >> how do you feel? >> i feel really like -- i didn't think it would have an impact on international diplomacy. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> reporter: the news a relief for the whole community here. >> you must have felt relief and happiness. >> well, everybody did. everybody did. not taking as much tax, our livelihoods. >> hoping to have a good catch this week? >> hopefully.