此外，美国拒绝了克里姆林宫开出的高价 — — 限制国会人权立法、废除冷战时期俄美贸易限制和放弃欧洲弹道导弹防御计划，以换取俄国在伊朗（或在叙利亚等其他任何动荡地区）问题上对于美国的支持。
Moreover, America has refused to pay the Kremlin’s high price – curtailment of congressional human-rights legislation, repeal of Cold-War-era restrictions on Russian-US trade, and abandonment of plans for ballistic missile defense in Europe – for Russian support on Iran (or, for that matter, on any other trouble spot, such as Syria).