Unfortunately, the sanctions that the US and Europe are imposing on Russia, though necessary, may merely reinforce the conviction among Putin and his nationalist Slavophile advisers that Russia’s future lies not in the West, but in a separate integration project in the East. US President Barack Obama says that this is not the beginning of a new Cold War; current trends may soon suggest otherwise.
不幸的是，美国和欧洲对俄罗斯的制裁尽管不要，也许只能让普京及其民族主义斯拉夫派顾问们更加确信俄罗斯的未来不在西方，而在于在东方另起炉灶开展一个一体化工程。美国总统奥巴马说，这不是新冷战的开端；目前的趋势可能很快会指向相反的方向。