A dramatic curtailment of state resources may eventually push the government toward modernization, but it might also produce an uglier shift— toward harder political crackdown, economic nationalism and an essentially isolationist course. This would be catastrophic for Russia— to say nothing of relations with the US.
而政府手中资源的大幅度缩减可能最终将政府推上改革之路，但这也可能导致更可怕的蜕变——一连串更强力的政治高压，经济国有化和孤立主义政策。这对于俄罗斯来说堪称灾难性的——而美国重启两国关系的期望，换来的可能只是沉默。