couple years the past couple of decades well they have progressively deteriorated in the first major events of this because that initiated this deterioration that came up with the reelection of putin in two thousand and twelve and the fundamental decision was to give the time to actually to. embark on. vitriolic. anti western. the campaign and the face of that campaign on strident nationalist footing and as part of this nationalist. upsurge we have seen of course of the exceptional for the crimea and we have seen russia's intervention in you some ukraine and as a result of that european union russia they have embarked upon