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Fifteen years after the Soviet Union collapsed and split apart, Russia still fits Winston Churchill’s characterization of Stalin’s USSR nearly seven decades ago: “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”苏联崩溃并解体后十五年后，俄国依然符合丘吉尔在几乎七十年前对斯大林统治下的苏联的概括，那就是错综复杂，扑朔迷离。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Only in 1993 did the EU officially recognize that membership for all the former Soviet bloc countries could be a long-term goal.直到 1993年，欧盟才正式认可吸收所有前苏联国家入盟是欧盟的一项长期目标。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
After the Soviet tanks put an end to the Prague Spring, a Russian policeman threatened one young Czech that he would “beat the Zappa music out” of him.在苏联坦克结束了布拉格的春天之后，一位俄国警察威胁一名捷克青年要把“扎帕的 音乐从他身上打出去”。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
Not only the US and Europe, but all former Soviet republics feel alienated by Putin’s aggressive tactics.不仅美国和欧洲，还包括所有的前苏联共和国都觉得与普京的攻击性策略渐行渐远。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
The European Union, the US, and China offer the former Soviet republics opportunities for “balancing” against Russia.欧盟、美国以及中国给前苏联共和国机会来“平衡”俄国的影响力。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011
On March 18th five years ago, Castro’s government cracked down on the Varela Project and other civil society initiatives rather than risk allowing a spark of democratic reform to spread across Cuba as it had in the former Soviet bloc.5年之前的3月18日，卡斯特罗政府宁肯镇压瓦瑞拉方案（Varela Project）和其他公民团体计划，也不愿冒着让民主改革的星星之火像在前苏联阵营那样燃遍古巴的危险。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
Moreover, with the disappearance of the Soviet Union as a common threat, Europe’s left-wing parties are increasingly defining themselves as anti-American.不仅如此，随着作为欧洲共同威胁的苏联的解体，欧洲左翼政党正越来越倾向于采取反美立场。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010
Masses of documents and other sources related to the beginnings of Soviet power became accessible for survey and analysis.与苏维埃开始执政的最初年月相关的浩如烟海的文件资料和其他资源现在都可供查阅和分析。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
He will scandalize the summit by seeking to intimidate the former Soviet clients in the room.他将会在峰会期间力图恐吓前苏联的附庸国而使会议变成一桩丑闻。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
Indeed, the MAP process ensured protections for Russian minorities in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – all ex-Soviet republics that are now NATO members.事实上，成员国行动计划能够确保爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛境内的俄国少数民族得到保护——这几个前苏联加盟共和国现在都已经成了北约的成员。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
In sharp contrast to the Soviet Union, Russia now publishes voluminous (if not always reliable) economic, social, and demographic information.与苏联迥然不同的是，俄国现在出版数量巨大、但并不一定总是可靠的经济、社会以及人口信息。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Perhaps the best example of this type of sporting nationalism was not a football game, but the world ice hockey final in 1969, when Czechoslovakia beat the Soviet Union just one year after Soviet tanks rolled into Prague.也许这种体育民族主义的最好例子不是某场足球赛，而是1969年举行的世界冰球决赛，当时捷克斯洛伐克人在苏联坦克开进布拉格一年后击败了苏联队。Buruma, IanBuruma, Ian
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