Russia quickly discovered that its threats against Ukraine were too costly to its reputation as a reliable supplier for Europe. When considered in this wider European context, there was more symmetry in the Russia-Ukraine energy relationship than the simple numbers on energy dependence implied at first glance.
俄罗斯马上发现，威胁乌克兰对于它作为欧洲可以信赖的供应者的声誉来说代价太大。在把更为宏观的欧洲环境考虑进去后，俄罗斯与乌克兰能源关系就要比初看的有关能源依赖的简单数字更为平衡了。