The west does not like to think it is at war with Russia. Yet the Russian government seems to think it is at war with the west. For President Vladimir Putin, his cronies and, increasingly, a large part of the Russian people, the history of the past two and a half decades is a sad affront rather than a tragically lost opportunity. Russia has, perhaps inevitably, thrown away the chance of living under an honest government subject to the rule of law. Instead of seeking to remedy that failure, its rulers now wish to deprive Ukraine of that opportunity.
西方不願意認爲自己與俄羅斯處於戰爭狀態。然而，俄羅斯政府似乎認爲自己與西方處於戰爭狀態。在俄羅斯總統弗拉迪米爾•普丁(Vladimir Putin)、他的親信乃至越來越多的俄羅斯人民看來，過去25年的歷史是俄羅斯遭遇屈辱的國恥，而不是痛失的機遇。或許不可避免的是，俄羅斯拋棄了生活在一個接受法治的誠實政府之下的機會。如今，俄羅斯統治者非但不打算糾正這一缺失，反而想剝奪烏克蘭這一機遇。
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