The new sanctions against Russia agreed by the EU on Tuesday are described by European officials as “level three”. This implies higher levels still to come if Russia’s approach to Ukraine fails to satisfy the US and EU – the logical end point being, as in some computer game, a final confrontation with the supreme adversary: President Vladimir Putin. All such talk of levels obscures the reality that there are only two types of sanctions.
欧盟(EU)周二通过的对俄罗斯的新制裁被欧盟官员描述为“第三级”。这暗示着如果俄罗斯对乌克兰的举措不能令美国和欧盟满意，俄罗斯可能会面临更高级别的制裁。按照这样的逻辑，如同在一些电脑游戏中一样，终点会是西方与最高对手——俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)来一场对决。像这样对制裁级别的讨论模糊了一个事实：其实只有两种制裁。
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