In the early 1990’s, many westerners and Russians wanted Russia to become a full-fledged member of both the European Union and NATO, on the condition that Russia became a full-fledged democracy. Unfortunately, the West never made that offer, and Russian democracy went astray.
在1990年代早期，许多西方人和俄罗斯人都希望俄罗斯在成为一个真正的民主国家的前提下成为欧盟和北约的成员。不幸的是，西方从未伸出这片橄榄枝，而俄罗斯的民主也误入歧途。