莫斯科消息——俄罗斯于9月25日表示，已逮捕了一位备受尊敬的政治学者。该学者曾对近期选举发表过大量评论，此次面临的毒品指控最高可判处20年监禁。
MOSCOW – Russia said on Sept 25 it had arrested a respected political scientist – who has commented extensively about recent elections – on drug charges that carry up to 20 years in prison.
现年51岁的亚历山大·基涅夫（Alexander Kynev）是一位知名的俄罗斯国内政治评论员，多年来一直研究莫斯科的政治体制。
Alexander Kynev, 51, is a well-known commentator on Russian domestic politics, studying Moscow’s political system for years.
尽管他对克里姆林宫建立的政治体制以及对乌克兰的战争持批评态度，但在俄乌冲突爆发后，成千上万的人选择流亡海外，他却选择留在俄罗斯。
He has remained in Russia during the war against Ukraine, which has seen tens of thousands of others go into exile, despite being critical of the political system built by the Kremlin and of the war.
自2022年冲突爆发以来，莫斯科加大了镇压和审查力度，其程度堪比苏联晚期。
Since the conflict began in 2022, Moscow has increased repression and censorship to levels comparable with those of the late Soviet period.
俄罗斯官方媒体称，莫斯科一家法院已下令逮捕基涅夫，指控他非法贩卖毒品，该罪名最高可判处10年至20年监禁。
Russia state media said a Moscow court had ordered Kynev’s arrest, on accusations that he illegally sold and distributed drugs – a charge that carries between 10 and 20 years in prison.
在他的逮捕被公之于众的当天，官方公布了全国议会选举的最终结果，显示普京的统一俄罗斯党在国家杜马（议会下院）进一步扩大了超级多数优势。
His arrest was made public the day the authorities said the final results of the national parliamentary elections showed that Putin’s United Russia party had increased its supermajority in the Duma, the assembly’s lower chamber.
最近几天，基涅夫曾在社交媒体上发文评论严格控制下的议会选举投票程序，称自己进行了“密集监督”。
His arrest was made public the day the authorities said the final results of the national parliamentary elections showed that Putin’s United Russia party had increased its supermajority in the Duma, the assembly’s lower chamber.
今年2月，他被指定为“外国代理人”——这是一个带有斯大林时期色彩的标签，当局常以此来对付克里姆林宫的批评者。
In recent days, Kynev had published social media posts commentating on voting procedures in the tightly controlled parliamentary polls, saying he had conducted “intensive monitoring”.
留在俄罗斯的媒体界知名人士阿列克谢·维涅季克托夫（Alexei Venediktov）在社交媒体上表示，目前被羁押的基涅夫并未认罪。
In February, he was designated a “foreign agent” – a tag with Stalin-era connotations that the authorities use against Kremlin critics.
同为政治学者的康斯坦丁·卡拉切夫（Konstantin Kalachev）为基涅夫进行了辩护。
Alexei Venediktov – a media guru who remained in Russia – said on social media that Kynev, now in custody, was not admitting any guilt.
他在电报群（Telegram）上谈到这些毒品指控时表示：“除了这个，我和他联系不到任何其他事情。”“我们生活在一个奇怪的时代，没有人能免于任何危险。”
Fellow political scientist Konstantin Kalachev defended Kynev. “I can associate him with anything but this,” he said on Telegram of the drugs charges. “We live in strange times, when nobody is safe from anything.”