All of this cannot fail but to weaken Western democracy’s allure in countries like Russia, where, unlike in the West or to a large extent the Arab world, those who are organizing the massive demonstrations against the government belong to the economic elite. Theirs is a movement of political reform – demanding more freedom and government accountability – not of social protest, at least not yet.
所有这些注定会削弱西方民主国家对俄罗斯等国的吸引力，这里与西方及阿拉伯世界有着很大的不同，经济精英阶层才是大规模政府抗议活动的组织者。他们掀起一场政治改革运动——要求扩大自由和政府责任——这项运动与社会抗议活动无关，至少现在依然没有关系。