如果当时这样做了，俄罗斯人本可以将从国际社会获得现金援助的经历珍藏在记忆之中，而不是责怪后者将资金转给了腐败的领导人。
If this had been done, Russians would have fondly remembered receiving cash aid from the international community rather than blaming it for transferring funds to corrupt leaders.