但更有可能普京是因为国内原因才吞并了克里米亚 — — 为了将俄罗斯人的注意力从国家经济不景气上移开，也是为了一雪亲欧示威者推翻他所支持的乌克兰政府的耻辱。
But it is more likely that Putin acted for domestic reasons – to distract Russians’ attention from their country’s failing economy and to salve the humiliation of watching pro-European demonstrators oust the Ukrainian government he backed.