Yet Putin in short order rolled back the media freedoms Yeltsin had allowed, escalated the conflict in Chechnya, and dished out important government portfolios to ex-KGB officers.

• 而普京做了什么呢？他很快收回了叶氏所允诺的新闻自由，又数次出兵车臣地区，在政府重要职位安排前克格勃官员；