For a majority of Russian citizens, economic prosperity and televised entertainment have become the modern equivalent of the panem et circenses formula of Roman times. The war in Chechnya may contribute to the moral corruption of Russia as a whole, to its frightening descent into a culture of violence.
对多数俄国公民来说，经济繁荣和电视娱乐已经成了罗马时代“面包与马戏”模式在当今的替代品。车臣战争可能会导致整个俄国道德的沉沦，造成俄国向暴力文化堕落的可怕后果。但这场战争也点燃了人们爱国情绪¾俄国民众普遍希望恢复俄国昔日的帝国尊严与威望，而普京政权察觉到这种情绪并敏锐地加以利用。