counterparts. you ll recall that ever since the cold war, there have been a wide variety of sort of hot lions, red telephones on people s desks so that nuclear strikes don t happen, so that both sides understand clearly what the intentions of the others are. and the russians have stepped back from that. but you know, again, it s more, when it s at the general-to-general level, it s more, again, for transparency to try to make sure there s no surprises and there s at least some strategic predictability if it comes to weapons of mass destruction. so, you know, i think the russian military is sort of on its heels and trying to figure out, where do we go from here? when you re in that stage, you probably don t want to be on the phone with an american general who s going to ask you, so, what are you guys up to? good point there. michael, to you. a first today. the russian stock exchange was opened. it wasn t a full day. the first time since the start of the war. foreigners couldn t sell s