The Russians have extended their empire, by sheer clout of arms, closer towards an oil-producing area where the people who own the oil Europe cannot live without are powerfully impressed by who has clout and who has not.

• 俄国人纯粹用武力将他们的王国扩张到一个产油地区的附近，而这一地区的人民拥有欧洲生存不可或缺的石油，同时他们对世界上谁有势力谁没有势力也是有深刻印象的。