Then Putin, green man of the people, test-drove a new fuel-efficient Lada across a new trans-Siberian road.

然后，人民的绿色活动家普京试驾一辆崭新的节油拉达轿车穿越一条新西伯利亚运输线。

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Later that summer, he took a road trip across Siberia behind the wheel of a canary-yellow Lada a symbol of the outdated car maker bailed out by the Kremlin during the crisis.

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