The damage to Russia’s economic growth prospects from the Yukos affair may yet prove temporary, barring a repeat performance with other companies. But whether the Yukos affair proves to be an isolated case, as the Kremlin insists, depends on a reading of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motives.
尤科斯事件给俄罗斯经济增长前景带来的损害也许是暂时的，只要其它公司不再重蹈覆辙。但是尤科斯事件是否像克里姆林宫所坚持认为的那样，只是个案而已，就要对俄罗斯总统普京的动机进行解读了。