CNN News: 普京小知识

Some have believed (ph) Vladimir Putin could be the most powerful man in the world. Not everyone sees him that way. But Putin has powerful levers, he's often willing to use -- including cyber power, military might and a cult of personality. Together, they form an often effective web of influence.

有些人认为普京是世界上最强大的人。但并不是所有人都持有这样的观点。但是，普京有经常食用的强有力的手段，这其中包括网络权力、军事能力以及个人崇拜。而这些因素形成了一个强有效的影响网。

While Moscow denies highly skilled hackers tried to influence the U.S. election, they've also been accused of spying and causing big disruptions in other countries, like Estonia and Ukraine -- claims Russia also rejects. Russia's enormous hacking power, state and criminal, isn't a new. It traces back to the USSR when its universities were designed to produce world class engineers.

莫斯科否认使用黑客技术来干涉美国大选，但同时俄罗斯也被指控从事间谍活动，干涉爱沙尼亚和乌克兰等国家。但是，对于这些指控，俄罗斯拒不承认。俄罗斯强大的黑客攻击力量已经由来已久。这可以追溯到苏联，当时苏联的大学们旨在培养世界顶尖的工程师。

Putin's power is also hugely enhanced by his very personal control of Russia's vast military, much of it including the nukes, is also a Soviet legacy. So, Putin is pumping extraordinary amounts of money to modernization, but most analyst agree Russia's conventional forces are still only mighty enough to project power close to its borders.

普京的权力也因为其个人对俄罗斯所拥有的强大的军事力量如核武器而提高。核武器也是苏联的遗产。但是普京投入了大量的资金将其军事现代化，但是大多数分析人士表示俄罗斯的常规部队只足够接近自己的边界国家。

Russia also used limited air power to successful prop up the Syrian regime. But critics say that works because of Putin's willingness to indiscriminately bombard civilian areas, something Moscow denies.

俄罗斯还利用有限的空中力量来支持叙利亚政府。但是批评人士表示，对于普京轰炸一些平民地区，莫斯科对此持否认态度。

One of the biggest sources of Putin's power is his own extraordinary popularity at home. The more other world leaders criticized him, the more Russians celebrate their president. His approval figure soared with Ukraine and spiked again with Syria.

普京的能力的主要来源之一就是他在俄罗斯不凡的影响力。有越来多的世界领导人批评普京，那么就有越来多的俄罗斯人们称赞他们的总统。随着乌克兰和叙利亚事件，普京的支持率再次飙升。

The reason many Russians really care about their country's ability to influence world events, even if it comes to sanctions and a hit to their own quality of life. They're proud of it. Putin also benefits from a political system and the media landscape with zero tolerance for criticism.

即使俄罗斯面临制裁以及自己的生活质量受影响，很多俄罗斯人非常的关心俄罗斯对世界大事的影响力。他们非常的自豪。普京也受益于俄罗斯的政治体系以及媒体的零容忍能力。

So, no doubt, Vladimir Putin is powerful and unpredictable, but he's also limited by some pretty big problems. The Russian economy isn't going anywhere. That's why there is another popular theory about Putin and his web of influence, as someone who plays a weak hand very well.

毫无疑问，普京是强大的不可预测的，但是，他也仍面临的一些重大的问题。俄罗斯的经济似乎没有起色。这就是另外一个流行的理论，尽管普京手段强硬。