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.
西方不愿意认为自己与俄罗斯处于战争状态。然而，俄罗斯政府似乎认为自己与西方处于战争状态。在俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)、他的亲信乃至越来越多的俄罗斯人民看来，过去25年的历史是俄罗斯遭遇屈辱的国耻，而不是痛失的机遇。或许不可避免的是，俄罗斯抛弃了生活在一个接受法治的诚实政府之下的机会。如今，俄罗斯统治者非但不打算纠正这一缺失，反而想剥夺乌克兰这一机遇。
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