Although such political screenings are complicated in postcommunist societies, where both victimhood and collaboration were so widespread – and the lines between them so often blurred – a sound solution could have been found, as in the Czech Republic. Doing nothing left Russia’s security structures unscathed and able to make a political comeback, which they have now achieved.
尽管受害者和协作者的普遍存在使得后共产主义时代的政治筛选变得非常复杂，区分的界限也含混不清，但我们本来可以像捷克共和国一样，找到相对完善的解决办法。无所作为使俄国的安全机构侥幸逃脱，伺机发动政治反扑，他们的反扑已经在今天取得了成功。克格勃在普京统治下的政治复苏，以及他们为压制反对意见所做的一切努力，终于再一次使俄国变成了背叛者的天堂。