As a permanent member of the Security Council, Russia thus has an obligation to act; it (and China) can no longer hide behind the argument that the UN should not be engaged in Syria’s internal affairs. At a time when the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi put Russia squarely on the international stage, the US and other Security Council members should plan a series of resolutions that confront the Kremlin with the choice of meeting its responsibility or applying its own leverage to bring the conflict to an end.
安理会常任理事国俄国因此有义务采取行动；它（和中国）不能再用联合国不应介入叙利亚内政来充当借口。值此索契冬奥会使俄国成为国际焦点的重要时刻，美国和其他安理会成员国应当制定系列决议，正面要求克里姆林宫履行其职责或者施加影响结束冲突。