Thank you, Mr. Sweet.
With the permission of the committee, might I ask one question? Thank you.
Your mention of Pussy Riot raises something that has been mysterious to me, and perhaps you can provide the answer to it. It is not difficult to understand the financial motivation that leads to someone like Sergei Magnitsky being crushed by the system, but I am mystified by the desire of the Russian regime to crush its LGBT community. That just seems totally unconnected. I can't figure out what the motivator behind it is.
I wonder if you have any idea what the bee in their bonnet is.