Russia’s foreign policy is focused on the interests of its state-dominated corporations, notably Gazprom, which has concluded agreements with many foreign countries and companies for monopolistic deliveries. But a Gazprom pipeline typically costs three times as much per kilometer as a similar Western pipeline, because of “leakage” (kickbacks and waste).
俄罗斯的外交政策主要关注其国有公司的利益，特别是Gazprom。这家公司和许多国家和外国公司达成了垄断供应的协定。但由于“泄漏”（回扣和浪费），Gazprom管道的每公里成本通常是同类西方管道的3倍。俄罗斯外交政策的首要目的似乎就是利用国有公司来满足克里姆林宫官员的利益。