When only one company faced legal and financial problems, investors who had made a decision to put their money in Russia were ready to ignore this kind of development. “This must be an exception,” they kept repeating, like a mantra or a prayer.
若仅有一家公司出现法律和经济问题，那些有意向把钱投放在俄罗斯的投资者们往往情愿忽略这一事态的发展。“这一定是个例外，”他们总是这么重复，宛如重复着咒语，又像在祈祷。我也在人们讨论俄罗斯问题时听到过类似的话语，“快点结束尤科斯的案子吧！我们才不在乎它进行得如何呢，早日了结它吧！