Ms Shevtsova politely bemoans a failure of imagination in the West. Too comfortable withthe old bipolar world, it splurged cash when it should have imposed conditions, was stingywhen it should have been generous and naive when it should have been tough. Tolerancefor Boris Yeltsin s faults opened the way for the rigged elections and crony capitalism ofVladimir Putin s ex-KGB regime. Her interlocutor s realism is an excellent foil for thisidealistic approach. European and American leaders, he argues, were stumbling about inthe dark. For all their faults, it would have been unrealistic to expect much more of them.Mr Yeltsin s rule did not inevitably presage Mr Putin s.
谢夫索娃对西方的 失败的想象力稍感惋惜。安逸于过去的两极世界,在应该强加条件的时候挥霍现金,在应该大方的时候吝啬,在应该严厉的时候幼稚。对鲍里斯叶利钦所犯错误的容忍为作弊选举和裙带资本主义普京的前苏联国家安全委员会政权打开了道路。她的谈话者的现实主义是这种现实方法的陪衬。他认为,欧美领导人 正在黑暗中跌倒。鉴于他们所有的过错,再指望他们是不现实的。叶利钦的统治不见得就预示着普京的统治。
New failures come in for scrutiny too. America in 2009 reset relations with the regime inRussia, bringing some gains but sacrificing Western moral credibility.They rightly decry the unhealthily close ties of some European politicians to theircounterparts in Russia.
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