Because they know they are less potent, particularly in demographic and economic terms, Russians feel they have to do “more.” For them, to say “Russia is back” means that the humiliating Yeltsin years are over, and that they now must be treated as equals, particularly by the United States.
与此相比，俄国对其在世界上的地位依旧感到不牢靠。在最近的大国集团首脑会议前夕俄国爆炸性的“修正派”行为表明克里姆林宫“心怀不满”的本性。因为他们知道他们不是如此强大，特别是在人口和经济方面，因此俄国人感觉到他们要“有所作为”。对于他们而言，说“俄国回来了”意味着令人羞辱的叶利钦年代已经结束，而且他们必须特别是与美国平起平坐。