圣彼得堡参议院广场上的著名铜马雕像，是叶卡捷琳娜二世为纪念这座城市的缔造者彼得大帝而下令铸造的。
The Bronze Horseman, the iconic equestrian statue in Senate Square in St Petersburg, was commissioned by Catherine the Great in honor of Peter the Great, the city's founder.
雕像基座上刻着简短的题词：“献给彼得一世，叶卡捷琳娜二世，1782年”。普京是否也想成为第三位伟大的统治者——弗拉基米尔大帝呢？
The pedestal of the statue bears a laconic dedication, "To Peter the First, Catherine the Second, 1782". Does Putin want to be the third, Vladimir the Great?
这种不惜一切代价的扩张野心，是否就是发动乌克兰战争的真正动机？
And is that ambition, expansion at any cost, the real reason behind the war in Ukraine?
据乌克兰前外长德米特罗·库列巴所说：“普京只在乎历史书里会如何记载他。”
According to Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, "Putin only cares about what will be written about him in history books."