Likewise, short of initiating a major war, Putin has few options for driving up oil prices. Moreover, even before the oil-price collapse, crony capitalism had brought growth to a halt – and any serious effort to change the system would destabilize his power base.
类似地，除了掀起一场大战，否则普京很难推高油价。此外，即使在油价崩溃前，权贵资本主义已经导致俄罗斯经济增长陷入停滞——而任何改变制度的重大措施都会动摇他的权力基础。