Thank you very much, gentlemen, for being here.
Thanks for your leadership in the community, Mr. Grod, and for your expertise, Ambassador Westdal.
I have five minutes. I want to explore three themes with you. One is Putin's endgame, if that's the right term. The second is the economics of Donbass and the broader area around Ukraine, and that border with Russia. Last is the commitment to the Minsk agreement.
If you were to speculate on where Putin wants to be in 2017 or in 2020 as a global leader, what kind of picture comes to mind? How do you see him, as objectively as you can, in terms of security and also economic and cultural leadership? Does he want partnerships? Is he isolationist? Is he expansionist?
Please, just briefly state each of your personal characterizations of him as a leader.