i think it will be more to the latter. the reason for that is, the uk is facing an election some time in the next two years. as i said, this is the latest in a long rotation of british prime ministers. their foreign minister, sergey lavrov has been in post since jack straw was our foreign minister. now, that is a long time for one man to be in post. so that s how measure theirforeign ministers. you know, we ve just had this rotation ever since. i think the russians willjust say, no, this isjust another example of those wet, liberal democracies being unstable and unable to think long and act long term. which, i have to say, is an argument that western democracies have to address. because it is a criticism