If Putin is serious about diversifying and strengthening Russia’s commodities-based economy, thereby improving the lives of his country’s people, he must attract advanced technologies and foreign investment, especially from the West. For that, he must pursue democratic reforms, institutional regeneration, and renewed diplomatic ties with the West.
如果普京认真地想实现俄罗斯依赖大宗商品的经济的多样化，使它变得更强大，从而改善俄罗斯人民的生活，那么他必须吸引先进技术和外国投资，特别是来自西方的技术和投资。对于这一点，他又必须追求民主改革、制度重建和改进与西方的外交关系。