Indeed, Russians heckle Putin not because he has turned Russia into an industrial banana republic, where exports of oil and other commodities sustain a quasi-authoritarian state, but because he no longer inhabits his role convincingly. All the same, the origin of discontent with Putin is irrelevant; the desire for freedom has to start somewhere.
实际上，俄罗斯人刁难普京不是因为他把俄罗斯转变成了工业香蕉共和国（石油以及其他大宗商品的出口支持了这个半独裁国家），而是因为他扮演的角色不再令人信服。同理，对普京的不满根源无关紧要，自由的愿望必须从某个地方兴起。只要俄罗斯人觉得有权利对抗该政权，即使只是通过鄙视和嘲笑，俄罗斯就还有变革的希望。如今的选举结果导致了苏联解体之后最大的示威抗议，变革的希望也越来越大。当沙皇失去无所不能的形象时，他最终将无法进行专制统治。