Greed may be the most powerful motive: some Kremlin insiders have hugely enriched themselves in the past decade, and corruption may be worse even than in the later Yeltsin years.

• 贪婪或许是最有力的动机：十年来，某些克里姆林宫的内部人士侵吞大量资产，贪腐的现状更甚于叶利钦执政的后期。