B
-- and that's why they put, you know, that's why they put a lot of people in prison for years and years, and that's why they put a lot of people to death.
A
Sure, that happens.
B
Yes, but Stalin was a, was a classical example I guess of that paranoia because he --
A
Uh-huh.
B
-- he probably killed more Russians than, uh, you know, the Russian army killed anybody else.
A
Sure. I guess in particular my viewpoint is that they financially can not go into a war. Uh, they are desperate at this point in time to keep their country together, but I could not foresee them severing what they have with the U S. Um, because they need us at this current time because of their financial situation. Um, from what I've been hearing is the U S, uh, S R has been, uh, almost bankrupt for years --