During his time in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin has drawn on two potent sources of political strength: high oil prices, which fell into his lap during the boom; and patriotic fervour, which he stoked by engineering regional conflicts. Now the oil price is falling like a stone. Will the Russian president be able to rely on patriotic mobilisation alone?
在主政克林姆林宮期間,弗拉基米爾?普京(Vladimir Putin)利用兩大因素有效地擴大自己的政治影響力:一個是高油價,在繁榮時期,這一好處得來全不費工夫;另一個是愛國主義熱情,他通過挑起地區沖突助長了這種熱情。如今油價正直線下跌,這位俄羅斯總統能夠單純依賴于民眾的愛國熱情嗎?
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