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普京警告称，美国“过于自信”可能会重蹈苏联覆辙
欧洲新闻和美联社报道 • 2021 年 6 月 5 日
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京于 2021 年 6 月 4 日星期五出席在俄罗斯圣彼得堡举行的圣彼得堡国际经济论坛。普京批评欧洲和美国对俄罗斯和白俄罗斯警方镇压抗议者的批评虚伪。
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周五指责欧洲和美国对俄罗斯和白俄罗斯反政府抗议活动的反应虚伪，并警告美国面临重蹈苏联覆辙的风险。
普京在圣彼得堡的一个经济论坛上发表讲话，在与总统乔·拜登会面之前讨论了俄罗斯与美国的关系，称两国关系“目前处于极低水平”。
他批评对俄罗斯的制裁以及莫斯科干涉美国大选的指控，并表示华盛顿和欧洲在批评近几个月警方镇压莫斯科和白俄罗斯抗议者时存在双重标准。
“我们与美国没有任何问题，但美国对我们有问题，”他说。
“它想要遏制我们的发展并公开谈论它。经济限制和试图依靠他们认为是俄罗斯境内盟友的力量来影响我国的国内政治，都源于此。”
由于莫斯科 2014 年吞并克里米亚、俄罗斯干涉选举的指控以及美国官员声称源自俄罗斯的网络攻击，俄罗斯和美国之间的关系已降至冷战后的低点。
普京重申，俄罗斯否认干涉美国总统选举的指控，他批评了美国对国会大厦袭击事件的反应，这次袭击发生在国会准备证明拜登在 11 月击败时任总统唐纳德·特朗普的时候。
“他们不仅仅是一群强盗和暴徒。 这些人是带着政治要求而来的，”他说。
普京指出，尽管美国及其盟友强烈批评白俄罗斯镇压反政府抗议活动，但对数百名袭击参与者提出了严厉指控。
他指责说，尽管西方批评俄罗斯当局对反克里姆林宫示威活动的严厉反应，欧洲的抗议者却面临着警方更严厉的回应，一些人的眼睛被他嘲笑的“民主橡皮子弹”击中。
随后，普京在与记者通话时批评美国过于自信，并将其与苏联相提并论。
“你知道问题是什么吗？ 我以一名前苏联公民的身份告诉你。 帝国的问题是什么——他们认为自己非常强大，可以承受小错误和错误，”他说。
“但问题的数量正在增加。 总有一天，他们再也无法对付了。 而美国正以自信的步伐、坚定的步伐，沿着苏联的道路一直走下去。”
气候变化和 COVID-19
在其他问题上，普京赞扬了俄罗斯对新冠病毒 (COVID-19) 大流行的反应，并呼吁全球对全球变暖采取更强有力的应对措施，以提升俄罗斯的国际地位。
普京在论坛上发表讲话时赞扬了俄罗斯设计的疫苗的效率，并对一些国家“出于政治动机禁止”购买疫苗表示遗憾。
普京还强调需要加强国际应对气候变化的力度，并指出永久冻土融化对俄罗斯北极地区构成重大挑战。
“我们整个城市都建在永久冻土上，”他说。 “如果一切都开始融化会发生什么？”
'Over confident' U.S. risks going down same path as Soviet Union, warns Putin
Putin also criticised European, U.S. criticism of police crackdown on protesters in Russia and Belarus as hypocritical.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused Europe and the U.S. of hypocrisy over criticism of the response to anti-government protests in Russia and Belarus and warned that America was at risk of following the path of the Soviet Union.
In a speech at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin discussed Russia's relations with the U.S. ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden, describing them as "at an extremely low level now."
He criticised sanctions against Russia as well as allegations that Moscow interfered in the U.S. election and said that Washington and Europe had double standards in criticising the police crackdown against protesters in Moscow and Belarus in recent months.
“We don’t have any issues with the U.S. But it has an issue with us," he said.
"It wants to contain our development and publicly talks about it. Economic restrictions and attempts to influence our country’s domestic politics, relying on forces they consider their allies inside Russia, stem from that.”
Ties between Russia and the U.S. have sunk to post-Cold War lows over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, accusations of Russian interference in elections, and cyberattacks that U.S. officials allege had Russian origins.
Putin reiterated that Russia rejects accusations of interfering in U.S. presidential elections, and he spoke critically of the U.S. response to the Capitol attack, which took place as Congress prepared to certify that Biden had defeated then-President Donald Trump in November.
“They weren’t just a crowd of robbers and rioters. Those people had come with political demands,” he said.
Putin pointed out that the heavy charges against hundreds of participants in the attack were filed even as the U.S. and its allies strongly criticized Belarus’ crackdown on anti-government protests.
He charged that even as the West has criticized Russian authorities for a harsh response to anti-Kremlin demonstrations, protesters in Europe have faced an even tougher police response, with some shot in the eye by what he mockingly called “democratic rubber bullets.”
Later, during a call with journalists, Putin criticised the United States as being overconfident and drew a parallel with the Soviet Union.
“You know what the problem is? I will tell you as a former citizen of the former Soviet Union. What is the problem of empires — they think that they are so powerful that they can afford small errors and mistakes," he said.
“But the number of problems is growing. There comes a time when they can no longer be dealt with. And the United States, with a confident gait, a firm step, is going straight along the path of the Soviet Union.”
Climate change and COVID-19
On other issues, Putin praised his country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and called for a stronger worldwide response to global warming as he sought to bolster Russia's international standing.
Addressing the forum, Putin lauded the efficiency of Russian-designed vaccines and bemoaned what he described as “politically motivated bans” on their purchase in some countries.
Putin also emphasized the need to strengthen the international response to climate change, noting that melting permafrost has posed a major challenge to Russia's Arctic regions.
“We have entire cities built on permafrost,” he said. “What will happen if it all starts melting?”
