we would smack them so hard there will be hell to pay, they should never mess with us it is impossible to defeat us. well all eyes have been on ukraine and the possibility that russia will face an incursion into that country. you could argue that russia has quietly gobbled up belarus innocence. this union state idea has long been discussed but it really has been accelerated the integration between the two recently particularly since alexander lukashenko began the real domestic opposition at home so belarus is seen as increasingly under putin s wing and we are waiting to see what the military exercises look like next month or whether this need something more meet immediate. jon: amy kellogg from moscow.