在乌克兰问题上，这位前克格勃情报人员故伎重施，老奸巨猾，不过如果他以为偏袒亚努科维奇可以让俄罗斯重新称霸乌克兰，那他就是在妄想。
As is usual with this ex-KGB man, Putin is being cunning about Ukraine, but he is deluding himself if he thinks that siding with Yanukovych will bring back effective Russian overlordship of Ukraine.