俄罗斯普通民众应当明白纵容普京（此人声称其主要功绩是结束了苏联刚解体那几年的经济贫困）继续其帝国主义侵略将使他们付出惨重的代价。
Ordinary Russians should be made to understand that permitting Putin – whose primary claim to leadership is that he ended the penury of the first post-Soviet years – to continue with his imperialist aggression will cost them dearly.