A year ago Crimea became a part of Russia, causing a long stand-off between Moscow and the west. The conflict over Ukraine is a belated salvo of the cold war, provoked on both sides: by the euphoria of the west, which viewed its success in the confrontation of the late 20th century as proof of its moral and political supremacy, and by Russia’s desire to take revenge for its dramatic fall from the height of a superpower to barely short of a second-grade crippled state.
一年前，克里米亚成为俄罗斯的一部分，引发了莫斯科与西方之间的长时间对峙。围绕乌克兰产生的冲突，是“冷战”这座火山迟来的一次喷发，它是由莫斯科与西方双方面的因素引起的：一方面是西方忘乎所以——西方将其在20世纪末的对抗中取得的胜利视为其道德和政治更胜一筹的证据；另一方面是，俄罗斯面对自己从高高在上的超级大国沦为几乎算是二流跛脚国家的巨大落差，渴望报复西方。
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