VOA慢速英語：弗林辭職后，俄羅斯寄希望于蒂勒森

Russia Looks to Tillerson after Flynn Resignation

弗林辭職后，俄羅斯寄希望于蒂勒森

Russian officials hope the new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will work to improve relations between the two countries despite the resignation of Michael Flynn, the national security advisor.

俄羅斯官員希望美國國務(wù)卿雷克斯·蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)能夠努力改善俄美兩國之間的關(guān)系，盡管美國國家安全顧問邁克爾·弗林(Michael Flynn)辭職。

Flynn resigned Monday night following reports that he had not told the truth about his contacts with Russian officials. In his resignation letter, Flynn admitted that he had given "incomplete information" about his phone conversations with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States.

有報道稱弗林并未說出他和俄羅斯官員溝通的實情，隨后弗林于周一晚上辭職。在辭職信中，弗林承認(rèn)他對自己同俄羅斯駐美大使的電話交談提供了“不完整的信息”。

Last week, the Washington Post and New York Times newspapers reported that Flynn had talked with the ambassador about economic restrictions, or sanctions, that the Obama administration had placed on Russia. The Trump administration had earlier denied that Flynn had done so.

上周，《華盛頓郵報》和《紐約時報》報道稱，弗林同這位大使討論了奧巴馬政府對俄羅斯施加的經(jīng)濟(jì)制裁。川普政府此前否認(rèn)弗林這樣干過。

Relations between the two countries worsened after Russia annexed Crimea and began to support separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The United States answered those moves with economic sanctions and bans on visas for some Russian officials.

在俄羅斯2014年吞并克里米亞并開始支持烏克蘭東部的分離主義叛亂分子之后，俄美兩國關(guān)系惡化。美國以經(jīng)濟(jì)制裁和禁止一些俄羅斯官員簽證作為對此的回應(yīng)。

Flynn was often seen as President Trump's key contact with Moscow. In 2015, he was paid by Russia to attend a dinner for Russia Today, a state-funded television network. He sat next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the event.

弗林過去經(jīng)常被認(rèn)為是川普總統(tǒng)與莫斯科的關(guān)鍵聯(lián)系人。2015年，他由俄羅斯出資，參加了國家資助的《今日俄羅斯》電視網(wǎng)絡(luò)的晚宴?；顒悠陂g他坐在俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京旁邊。

Russian reactions to Flynn's resignation

俄羅斯對弗林辭職的反應(yīng)

The Associated Press news agency reported the criticisms of Konstantin Kosachev, a member of Russia's parliament. Kosachev said on Facebook that removing a national security adviser for his contacts with Russia is "not just paranoia but something even worse."

美聯(lián)社報道了俄羅斯議會議員康斯坦丁·科薩切夫(Konstantin Kosachev)的批評?？扑_切夫在Facebook上表示，美國因為國家安全顧問同俄羅斯聯(lián)系而將其撤職，這不僅是無端猜疑，而且更為糟糕。

But later in the day, Russian officials were less critical.

但是當(dāng)天晚些時候，俄羅斯官員減少了批評。

Leonid Slutsky is chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the lower chamber of parliament. Soon after Flynn's resignation he said it was a "negative signal" for relations between the United States and Russia. But later he said it "cannot fundamentally influence Russia-U.S. ties."

列奧尼德·斯盧茨基(Leonid Slutsky)是俄羅斯議會下議院外交委員會主席。他在弗林辭職不久后表示，這對俄美關(guān)系是一個“消極信號”，但是他后來表示，這“不會從根本上影響俄美兩國關(guān)系。”

Dmitry Peskov is a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Associated Press asked him if Russia still hopes that relations with the United States will improve. He said it is "too early to say" since "Trump's team has not been shaped yet."

德米特里·佩斯科夫(Dmitry Peskov)是俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京的發(fā)言人。美聯(lián)社問他，俄羅斯是否仍然希望同美國改善關(guān)系，他說，因為川普總統(tǒng)的團(tuán)隊尚未成型，現(xiàn)在說這些尚為時過早。

Alexei Makarkin is an analyst at the Moscow-based Center for Political Technologies. He said Tillerson would be negotiating with Russia, not Flynn.

阿列克謝·馬卡肯(Alexei Makarkin)是總部位于莫斯科的政治技術(shù)中心的分析師。他說，會是蒂勒森和俄羅斯談判，而不是弗林。

As the former head of the oil company ExxonMobil, Tillerson developed close business ties with Russia. In 2013, Putin even gave him the Order of Friendship. Tillerson is to meet this week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

作為埃克森美孚公司的前任負(fù)責(zé)人，蒂勒森同俄羅斯建立了密切的生意關(guān)系。2013年，普京甚至向他頒發(fā)了友誼勛章。蒂勒森本周將會同俄羅斯外長謝爾蓋·拉夫羅夫(Sergey Lavrov)會面。

I'm Anne Ball.

我是安妮·波爾。