For Russia’s elite, a restaurant bill cannot be too expensive, and one can never have enough bodyguards waiting out front for you. On a grander scale, Putin’s Russia has become a great power in terms of energy production, but that looks to be temporary, as scant investment is being made to maintain and improve the oil and gas fields.
普京领导下的俄罗斯不会发生大规模的屠杀，但却还是没有摆脱这个国家的“优越”情结。对于俄罗斯的精英来说，饭店的帐单越贵越好，等候自己的保镖越多越好。比较全面地说，普京领导下的俄罗斯在能源生产方面已经成为了一个大国，但是这看起来难以持久，因为用于维护和改善油田和天然气田的投资持续不足。重要的是出售现有的储存，而不是为以后寻找更多。