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I'm John Batson with my good friend and colleague,

Gattelievin, my Russian whisperer. He's just back from a tour of Russia,

from Sochi to Moscow to Petersburg, listening to the voices, not dissenting voices, anxious voices, and reason

to have them.

Before Anatole and I learned of this possible meeting in Budapest, we despaired of the Alaska

conference going nowhere.

We despaired of escalation because accidents happen.

For example, Anatole has pointed to something that was a news item this week and perhaps needs

more attention.

NATO vows to shoot down intruding Russian fighter jets in chilling message.

You bet that's NATO.

I'm not saying that it's not America involved in this, but to shoot down a Russian aircraft is

way, way bigger than I was thinking NATO was going, using lethal weaponry, military alliance

leaders in the process of developing new regulations that could potentially allow for the shooting down

of Russian warplanes. That was earlier this week. We also have, as Anatole mentioned, the talk of

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