Putin’s regime is based on rule by force, manifested in repression at home and aggression abroad. But it has been able to gain a tactical advantage, at least in the short term, over the EU and the United States, which are determined to avoid direct military confrontation.
普京政权基于武力统治，这一点可以从其国内镇压和国外侵略中看出。但它至少在短期成功地赢得了相对欧盟和美国的战术性优势，后两者决意避免直接军事冲突。