俄罗斯现任总统

Larissa Bricheva, Kremlin spokesperson, told Interfax news agency that lengthening the presidential term would not require a nationwide referendum as is usually required for changing the constitution, and that it would not apply to the sitting president, only to his successors.

克里姆林宫发言人拉里莎·布列齐瓦告诉俄罗斯国际文传电讯社，与修改宪法通常要求的不同，延长总统任期不需要全民公投，且对现任总统无效，只适用于其继任者。

The country's biggest foreign investor, Turkey, says it is ready to take part in the Nabucco project. If this can be linked to Turkmenistan, and if Mr Berdymuhammedov can resist Russian arm-twisting, then his country could become a big beneficiary of Russia's strained relations with Ukraine and of the uncertainty bedevilling Afghanistan and the Middle East.

该国最大的外国投资者土耳其，据说准备参与Nabucco项目，如果这能够与土库曼斯坦连接，如果现任总统能够抵抗的得俄罗斯的强迫，那么他的国家将能够从俄罗斯与乌克兰紧张关系和充满变数的阿富汗和中东困局中渔利。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。