k cock of the walk and running things and making stuff happen. this goes back to uncertainties he s had in russia, beginning in 2010 when he came back as president and had demonstrations in the street and a very poor election. what you re seeing over these years since 2010/2011refurbishi polishing and boosting his popularity rating. that should not be missed. ambassador burns, one of the biggest headlines out of the meeting is an agreement for a cease-fire in syria. how big of an achievement is this for the trump administration? remains to be seen. i think president trump and secretary tillerson were right to engage the russians on this. we don t have identical interests. the russians are aligned with the syrian government, with iran and hezbollah. we don t want to be aligned with that group. but we do have an interest in seeing the war, if it is possible, brought to a halt at some point in the future. there are 12 million of the 22.4