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It's really hard -- I know as almost every parent knows their child, so if we could just talk to him and hear him say he's okay, then I'm able to tell through his voice if he really is okay or if he's saying he's okay because he doesn't want me to worry but he's really suffering more, it would just be nice, even if it's not just us, if they could call the Embassy and relay that to us. We just want to know how Vladimir Putin's feeling.