Finally, while one can understand a former superpower’s temptation to seize its opportunity to return to a muscular foreign policy, Russia’s bullying in the energy area is destroying trust and undercutting Russia’s soft power in other countries. Both Russia’s neighbors and Western Europe have become more wary of depending upon Russia.
最后，人们可以理解一个以前的超级大国想要抓住其恢复强悍外交政策的机会的欲望，但是俄罗斯在能源问题上的粗暴政策正在破坏其他国家对俄罗斯的信任以及削弱它的软实力。俄罗斯的邻国和西欧对于依赖俄罗斯都变得更加谨慎了。