By ramping up sanctions on Moscow in response to its persistent destabilisation of Ukraine, the US and its European allies are closing a chapter in their relationship with post-communist Russia. They are recognising the breakdown of a 25-year effort to forge constructive ties with a state whose behaviour, it was once hoped, would depart from the suspicious self-isolation of the communist era.
针对俄罗斯持续扰乱乌克兰的行为，美国及其欧洲盟友加大了对俄罗斯的制裁，这意味着它们与后共产主义俄罗斯的关系的一个章节告一段落。它们意识到25年来打造与俄罗斯建设性关系的努力已经失败。他们一度希望，俄罗斯会告别共产主义时代那些有自我孤立嫌疑的行为。
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