But i also have to ask you, why did you decide to talk to our tea given the, you know, the potential academic and professional repercussions that you may face . Well, im some one who believes that we should keep the corridors of communication, even as the relationship between russia and the United States gets worse and worse, even as the war goes on and casualties continue to mount. I think that that, you know, dialogue is always better than no dialogue. So thats why im sitting here, having this conversation with you. Thank you for that. And the previous time i interviewed you was, i think in the summer of 2017, when we thought that the relationship in russia in the United States, him the lowest point after crimea and all these to the russian mythology surrounding the trump administration. This is the way seen from moscow at least. But in hindsight, it seems that the back back then, it wasnt that bad. Do you think we have the rock bottom already or the worse is yet to come . Its hard t