To this end, Putin has maximized the foreign-policy value of Russia’s vast oil and gas reserves, enabling the Kremlin to build partnerships with rising Asian powers, especially China. If, as some Russian officials have proposed, Russia begins an identity-defining large-scale project to develop its immense territory east of the Ural Mountains, including Siberia and the Far East, it would have a unique opportunity to deepen these connections further.
在新世界秩序中确保俄罗斯的一席之地是建立这一身份的必要条件之一。在这方面，普京实现了俄罗斯巨大的油气储备的外交政策价值最大化，也让克里姆林宫与崛起的亚洲大国（尤其是中国）得以构建关系。如果&mdash;&mdash;如一些俄罗斯官员所提出的&mdash;&mdash;俄罗斯开始一项大规模身份构建工程以开发广袤的乌拉尔山以东领土（包括西伯利亚和远东），它就有了进一步深化这些联系的独特机会。