Good afternoon, Ms. Stein. I'm Marc Garneau from the Liberal Party.
I take your point about Libya. I believe that the Russians felt that they had been misled, and I think that certainly played into the position they took in Syria. I'm not 100% sure that it translates onwards into Ukraine, but of course the whole issue here, as you raised it yourself, is what is their motivation for doing what they have done so far.
I would like to have your opinion on whether you think that part of this could be Mr. Putin's aspirations to grow Russia's sphere of influence and that he's looking at Ukraine in a sense as a test case where he must show himself to be strong because of other countries where he has interests, such as Moldova and Belarus, and other adjoining countries.