The diplomats surrounding Putin may find it natural, given their training, to apply the old Soviet-era methods, and may believe that the moment has come to undo yesterday’s humiliation. Defending Russia’s national interests, in their view, demands hard bargaining tactics, even if these now verge on the comical, as in the recent case of supposed British spies hiding secrets in a rock in a Moscow park.
普京身边的外交官们出于自身的教化，可能会认为采用老的苏联时代的做法理所当然，并可能认为洗雪往日耻辱的时候到了。在他们看来，捍卫俄罗斯的国家利益需要强硬的谈判策略，就算是这样的策略已到了可笑的边缘，就像最近指控假想的英国间谍在莫斯科某公园的石头里藏匿秘密一样。