俄罗斯明确宣布它是维持现状（status quo）的大国，与“修正主义 ” （ revisionist）的美国相反。 美国寻求通过促进制度演变动摇世界，特别是阿拉伯世界。
Pointedly, Russia claims that it is a status quo power, contrasting itself with the US, which it calls a “revisionist” power seeking to destabilize the world by promoting regime change, especially in the Arab world.