Finally, Nixon said I should not spread directed aid dollars all over the former Soviet Union, but concentrate our resources beyond Russia on Ukraine: It is indispensable.

最后，尼克松写道，我不应该把有针对性的援助分散到整个前苏联国家，而应该将我们的资源集中在俄罗斯及乌克兰：这是绝对必要的。

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Ukraine fed the entire Soviet Union, and we thought that if we were on our own we would be rich.

他说：“乌克兰养活了整个苏联，我们以为这要是只供养我们自己的话富有。

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If there are problems, we ask our partners to help Ukraine.

如果有什么麻烦的话，我们会要求我们的伙伴来帮助乌克兰人。

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Ukraine nearly botched its agreement with the IMF partly because some members of Mr Yushchenko's Our Ukraine block refused to vote for fiscal cuts.

ECONOMIST: Ukraine's troubles

But it was her decision to join, temporarily, with the pro-Russian Party of the Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovich, so as to push through legislation diluting presidential authority, that incensed Mr Yushchenko, who promptly pulled his own Our Ukraine party out of its coalition with the Tymoshenko block.

ECONOMIST: Russia's western neighbours

As mentioned above, Russia gets to be treated like a superpower again while it arms Iran, inserts bombers and naval units into our hemisphere, wields its energy leverage against our friends in Europe, Ukraine and Georgia and squeezes our supply lines into Afghanisan.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy