霸氣普京戲稱俄羅斯的邊界沒有止境
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia's border "doesn't end anywhere", addressing a televised awards ceremony for students.
在一場電視頒獎典禮上,俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京對學生們稱:“俄羅斯的邊境沒有終點”。"That was a joke," Mr Putin said amid applause and laughter from the audience at the glitzy ceremony.
在這場盛大的儀式上,面對觀眾發出的熱烈掌聲和歡聲笑語,普京説道:“我只是開個玩笑而已。”He was asking a nine-year-old boy: "Where does Russia's border end?"
當時普京正在問一個9歲的男孩:“俄羅斯的邊界到那裏為止?”
The boy had said "at the Bering Strait". Mr Putin then provided his own answer.
這個男孩回答道:“在白令海峽”。但是普京説出了他自己的答案。In July 2014, three months after Russian troops annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, he spelled out his doctrine to Russian ambassadors.
2014年7月,在俄羅斯軍隊兼併烏克蘭克里米亞半島三個月之後,普京向俄羅斯大使們闡明瞭他的理念。"I would like to make it clear to all: our country will continue to actively defend the rights of Russians, our compatriots abroad, using the entire range of available means - from political and economic to operations under international humanitarian law and the right of self-defence."
“我想對你們明確表示:我們的國家將繼續努力保護俄羅斯人和海外同胞的權利,我們將使用一切可能的手段,包括政治的和經濟的手段,以及包括採取一切符合國際人道法律和自衞權利的手段。”Nato and Western leaders accuse the Kremlin of sending regular troops and heavy weapons to pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied that, insisting that any Russian troops there are "volunteers".
報道稱,北約和西方國家領導人一直指責克里姆林宮向烏克蘭東部“派遣正規軍”,並向當地的親俄民間武裝運送重型武器,但克里姆林宮方面對此予以否認,堅稱那裏的所有俄軍都是“志願者”。