All these transformations will take time, and they will not come easily or be free of conflict. So, for the foreseeable future, the West will have to deal with a Russia that yearns for its lost imperial power and shapes its foreign policy to this end.
所有这些转变都需要时间，而且也不会唾手可得。所以，在可以遇见的将来，西方将会与一个渴望其失去的帝国势力并且以此来制定外交政策的俄国打交道。