Since then Russia planted its flag on the seabed below the North Pole to demonstrate its claims to the Arctic and its natural resources; announced its intention to build its own missile defense system and issued repeated threats against Europe because of the planned deployment of a small American defense system; exploded a “stray” missile or bomb in Georgia as a warning signal to the government in Tbilisi and its Western friends; buzzed America’s military base on the Pacific island of Guam with surveillance aircraft; blocked a decision on the final status of Kosovo in the UN Security Council; and launched a hacker attack against computer systems in Estonia. In addition, each winter there is a repeated threat of “problems” with oil and gas deliveries to Europe.
从那时以来，俄国在北极以下的海床上树立了国旗来显示其对北极及其自然资源的主权。它宣布打算建立自己的导弹防御系统并且由于欧洲计划部署小型的美国防御系统而对其不断发出警告。它在格鲁吉亚爆炸了一枚“偏离方向”的导弹，警告第比利斯政府及其西方盟友。它用侦察飞机监视美国在太平洋岛屿关岛上的军事基地。它在联合国安理会阻挠了有关科索沃最终地位问题的决议。它还针对立陶宛的计算机系统发动了黑客攻击。此外，向欧洲输送石油和天然气每年冬天都会重复出现“问题”。