虽然表面上梅德韦杰夫和普京采取了可行的权力共享措施，但俄罗斯发育不良的政治制度缺乏根除腐败和其他低效因素的能力。
Although Medvedev and Putin have apparently adopted a viable power-sharing arrangement, Russia’s stunted political institutions lack the capacity to root out corruption and other inefficiencies.