Putin’s unwillingness to heed popular discontent, and his failure to develop relations with the West during his 12 years in power, has backed him into a corner – and he is running out of ideas. In his most recent attempt to restore Russia’s empire, he announced the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
普京根本不屑于群众的不满，他在掌权的12年中也没有与西方发展好关系，这让他走进了死胡同，而他也正在计穷。在最近的重塑俄罗斯帝国的努力中，他宣布和白俄罗斯和哈萨克斯坦共同成立欧亚经济联盟（Eurasian Economic Union）。（普京也在讨好其他前苏联中亚国家以及乌克兰和格鲁吉亚。）