Russia's political system, indeed, is not what prevents the country from moving forward, and it never has been. Whether Russians live under monarchy, communism, Yeltsin's cowboy market economy or Putin's supposed dictatorship of law, the result is always the same - the system despises its citizens, eliciting an equal and opposite reaction of derision and distrust.
确实，俄罗斯的政治体制并不会阻挡这个国家前进的步伐，而且也从未起过什么不好的作用。无论俄罗斯是君主专制、共产主义，叶利钦的牛仔市场经济，还是普京所谓的法律专政，结果都是一样的――制度鄙视公民，从而在国民中引发了与之对等的嘲笑和缺乏信任。