弱小的邻国可以为克里姆林宫所控制，因此，如果可以使这个国家重新回到普京的掌中，何不让乌克兰陷入纷争和无政府状态，从而扩大俄罗斯的权威？
Weak neighbors are states that the Kremlin can control, so why not expand Russian power by letting Ukraine slide into protest and anarchy if by doing so it brings that country back under Putin’s thumb?