预想中作为一个西方伙伴所能带来的文明的影响力，比如在圣彼得堡主持八国峰会，似乎在普京的克里姆林宫阴谋集团中消失了。
The supposedly civilizing influence of being a Western partner — chairing a G-8 summit in Saint Petersburg for example — seems to have been lost on Putin’s Kremlin cabal.