That distinction between state and people has long defined Western policy toward Russia. In his 1946 Long Telegram, which marked the start of the Cold War, the United States diplomat George F. Kennan understood that the Communist Party line did “not represent the natural outlook of Russian people.”
这种国家和民众之间的差异一直决定着西方的对俄政策。在1946年标志冷战开始的长电报一书中，美国外交官乔治·凯南认为共产党的路线并不“代表俄罗斯民众的自然风貌。”