Good afternoon, Mr. Sannikov—or good evening, I guess, depending on where you are in the world. Thank you very much for agreeing to testify today.
I have a quick question for you. This is just a generality, nothing specific. In February of this year, the European Council withdrew some of the sanctions against 170 people and three companies. I find that with targeted sanctions, if there's no alignment between the European Union, the United States, and the United Nations, it gets very difficult for those sanctions to be effective. Can you just explain why the European Council decided to remove the sanctions against those individuals? What was the belief behind that?