Many European countries buy gas from Russia, a country that USES hydrocarbons as a weapon to bully its neighbours.

不少欧洲国家向俄罗斯购买天然气，俄罗斯用碳氢化合物作为武器威慑其邻国。

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And to make the new ships usable, Russia will need to buy or build flotillas of escort vessels, as well as advanced (and expensive) weapons and electronic systems.

为保证这些新型两栖攻击舰得到有效使用，俄罗斯需要购买或建造一批护航舰只及先进而昂贵的武器和电子系统。

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The two signed an agreement in which Russia promised to build two nuclear reactors in Venezuela and buy oil assets.

两人签署了一项协议，在该协议中，俄罗斯承诺在委内瑞拉建造两块核反应堆以及购买石油资产。

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Felgenhauer says Russia most likely will need to buy technologies and components from the West, as well as entire weapons systems.

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should Russia buy in the West because its own industry cannot do it, or should the country somehow try to manage on its own?

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Mr Lukashenka has also sabotaged the customs union with Kazakhstan and Russia, demanding that Russia scrap its export duty on oil and oil products, which would allow Belarus to buy them at Russia's domestic prices and to re-export them at a profit. (Russia wants to keep oil out of the union for now.) Russia's response is to reach for its favourite weapon: the gas taps.

ECONOMIST: Russia and its neighbourhood

Mr Szeles reckoned that Russia would buy plenty of buses if only it had some money.

ECONOMIST: Falling to earth

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