Indeed, Putin has breached one of the most fundamental principles of international law: that national borders may not be changed by force. Indeed, he has made it a regular feature of Russian foreign policy, which is characterized by deceit, bullying, violence, and the desire to restore the empire that was dismembered after the collapse of communism.
俄罗斯和中国对内都不实施法治，因此毫不奇怪它们在国际事务中也无法认识到法治的价值。事实上，普京违反了国际法最基本的原则之一：不可用武力改变国界。事实上，在他手上，这已经成为俄罗斯外交政策的固定特征，以欺骗、欺凌、暴力和对重建共产主义崩溃后分崩离析的帝国的渴望为其要素。