双语新闻：俄罗斯总统普京对抗西方国家制裁的经济账

2014-08-14 12:19:56来源：可可英语

　　A group of men sit in a Kamaz truck – one of thosebig Russian 4x4s that regularly wins the Dakar rally –speeding down a highway. Some of them sense thatthey are going the wrong way fast but nobody daresdo anything.

　　一群人坐着一辆卡玛斯卡车(Kamaz，俄罗斯的一种大型四轮驱动卡车，经常在达喀尔拉力赛(Dakar Rally)上夺冠)，在一条高速公路上急驶。车上有些人感到他们正朝着错误的方向疾驰，但谁也不敢有所动作。

　　This graphic scenario is how the head of an oligarch-backed investment group close to the Kremlindescribes the predicament in which Russia’s political and economic leadership finds itself.

　　一家接近克里姆林宫的、寡头背景的投资集团的主管称，上述这幅图景符合俄政治与经济领导层对自身目前所处困境的看法。

　　Since a Malaysia Airlines flight was downed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 peopleon board, things have gone very wrong, very fast for President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Thebelief in most western countries that a band of pro-Russian rebels shot the Boeing 777 downwith a missile provided by Russia has transformed frustration at Moscow’s support for theinsurgents into fury. Western media headlines are labelling the Russian leader a murderer and apariah, and European governments are discussing new sanctions which, if implemented, couldwreck the country’s economy.

　　7月17日，一架马来西亚航空(Malaysia Airlines)客机在乌克兰东部被击落，机上298人全部遇难。对俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)来说，自那时起，形势就朝着非常错误的方向急速发展。大多数西方国家相信，乌克兰的一小撮亲俄叛军使用俄方提供的导弹击落了那架波音777 (Boeing 777)客机。这种看法使得俄支持乌克兰叛军引发的失望转变成了愤怒。西方媒体头条为普京贴上了杀人犯和社会弃儿的标签。欧洲国家政府正在讨论新的对俄制裁，倘若这些新制裁得以实施，可能会摧毁俄罗斯的经济。

　　This dramatic turn of events is leading some observers to warn that Mr Putin, long viewed as amaster tactician, has overplayed his hand this time. “Everyone just sits and watches the crazythings our government is doing,” says Roman Lokhov, chief executive of global markets andinvestment banking at BCS, the largest independent broker on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

　　事态的戏剧性变化促使一些观察人士告诫普京说，他这次玩得有些太大了。长期以来，普京一直被视为一位战术大师。“每个人都只是坐在那里，看着我们的政府在搞那些疯狂的事情，”BCS全球市场与投行业务的首席执行官罗曼•洛霍夫(Roman Lokhov)表示。BCS是莫斯科证交所(Moscow Stock Exchange)最大的独立经纪商。

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