It is this internal weakness that has allowed Putin’s Russia – which, on its own, is far from attractive – to emerge as a potent rival to the EU. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has gone so far as to cite Putin as his role model – and he is no anomaly.
这一内在软弱性导致普京的俄罗斯——其本身吸引力也相当弱——成为欧盟的劲敌。匈牙利总理奥班居然将普京引为榜样——并且这样做算不上异类。