In Russia, President Vladimir Putin has been operating according to a nineteenth-century worldview, in which great powers dominate their spheres of influence unchallenged. As he noted at last October’s meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, “The bear will not even bother to ask permission.
在俄罗斯，普京总统一直奉行某种19世纪的世界观，认定大国毋庸置疑地主宰自己的势力领域。去年十月他曾在瓦尔代辩论俱乐部会议上指出 ，“熊才懒得去管别人同意不同意。在我们俄罗斯，熊是主宰针叶林的王者。”