I lost a lot of sleep over that,
Solely because it was where they made movies.”
Yeah. Absolutely cannot talk about that.”
My childhood shaped my fascination with foreign policy,
By February, there was a deal on the table,
I’ve definitely been followed this year,
It's a hallmark of the state of relations that we're currently in,
Putin is, as in many other ways, imitating the Soviet secret police where he cut his teeth."
The problem is, it's my life that's draining away while they do this,
This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none,
Putin was also interested in a pre-election deal, since after then, the extremely painstaking preparatory work, involving several countries, could have been undone,
In the modern history of Russia this has never happened before,
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, will do that for me, but not for anyone else, and WE WILL BE PAYING NOTHING!”
There are rumors about a possible exchange,
I don’t believe in coincidences; it looks like well-coordinated actions,
I receive requests from journalists from various international agencies asking me to clarify whether I know Paul's whereabouts, as there are rumors of a possible exchange,
If it was left up to me in that trade, I would have went and got Paul and brought him home
I have sent a request to the [prison] colony administration, but I'm not getting an answer,
We all hope that these are good signs,
For now there are more reasons for alarm than for optimism,