总统希望解除对克里姆林宫“小金库”的制裁。唐纳德·特朗普正在权衡送给弗拉基米尔·普京的一份丰厚新礼物，这将使这位俄罗斯暴君得以加强克里姆林宫在世界各地的影响力。
The president wants to lift sanctions on the Kremlin’s slush fund. Donald Trump is weighing a plum new gift to Vladimir Putin that would allow the Russian tyrant to strengthen the Kremlin’s influence around the world.
据《纽约时报》报道，官员们正在考虑取消针对规模达数十亿美元的俄罗斯直接投资基金的措施，莫斯科长期以来一直将该基金用作在海外施加经济和外交影响力的工具。
Officials are looking at axing measures against the multibillion-dollar Russian Direct Investment Fund that Moscow has long used as a tool of economic and diplomatic leverage abroad, The New York Times reports.
拜登政府曾对该主权财富基金实施制裁，以回应普京2022年对乌克兰的全面入侵，称其为克里姆林宫的“小金库”，并且“是俄罗斯更广泛的盗贼统治的典型象征”。该基金负责人基里尔·德米特里耶夫与普京及其家人关系密切，并多次与特朗普特使史蒂夫·威特科夫会面，包括去年一次前往迈阿密的行程中。
The Biden administration sanctioned the sovereign wealth fund in response to Putin’s full-scale 2022 invasion of Ukraine as “a slush fund” for the Kremlin that was “emblematic of Russia’s broader kleptocracy.”The fund’s boss, Kirill Dmitriev, has close ties with Putin and his family and has met repeatedly with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, including on a trip to Miami last year.
有关逆转对俄罗斯直接投资基金限制的讨论出现之际，随着特朗普推动结束乌克兰冲突，与莫斯科的关系正日益解冻。
Talk of reversing restrictions on the RDIF comes amid a growing thaw in relations with Moscow as Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict.
但这只是一系列让步中的最新一项，批评者警告说，这些让步与推动谈判走向持久和平几乎没有关系，甚至毫无关系。
But it marks the latest in a series of concessions that critics warn have little, if anything, to do with moving negotiations toward a lasting peace.
与此同时，白宫与乌克兰的关系仍处于严重低谷，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基指责特朗普及其团队压制对该国前线防御至关重要的支持。点击“”即表示您同意我们的使用条款和隐私政策。
And White House relations with Ukraine remain at a serious low as President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Trump and his team of throttling support vital to the country’s frontline defense. By clicking “” you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
俄罗斯直接投资基金在特朗普本月早些时候与普京达成的一项令人震惊的协议中扮演关键角色，该协议将购买超过200万吨俄罗斯柴油。
The RDIF is playing a key role in Trump’s shock agreement with Putin earlier this month to purchase more than 2 million tons of Russian diesel.
这位美国总统签署该协议，是为了紧急压低因他自己与伊朗的战争而推高的燃料成本。
The U.S. president signed that deal in a frantic bid to lower fuel costs driven up by his own war with Iran.
这场冲突及其对本已普遍存在的负担不起问题的影响，在下周二中期选举前一直是选民最关心的问题。
The conflict and its impact on already widespread unaffordability have dominated voter concerns ahead of next Tuesday’s midterm elections.
分析人士表示，这项柴油协议在短期内几乎无助于降低成本，也不会削弱民主党在争夺众议院和参议院控制权的选战中约10个百分点的领先优势。
Analysts have said the diesel deal will do little to reduce costs in the short term or dent Democrats’ roughly 10-point lead in the race for control of the House and Senate.
美国官员还讨论了与俄罗斯石油巨头卢克石油公司达成一项单独协议、推进一个由俄罗斯支持的在阿拉斯加开展的天然气项目，以及推动欧洲购买更多俄罗斯天然气。
U.S. officials have also discussed entering a separate deal with Russian oil giant Lukoil, advancing a Russian-backed natural gas project in Alaska, and pushing Europe into buying more Russian gas.
特朗普政府认为，这些举措向克里姆林宫发出信号，表明白宫有意投入于一段互惠互利的未来关系，从而为结束普京长达四年半的对乌克兰入侵指明了道路。
The Trump administration argues these moves show the way to ending Putin’s four-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine by signaling to the Kremlin that the White House is invested in a mutually rewarding future relationship.
但和平谈判迄今缺乏具体进展，这表明总统正在向普京政权让步，却没有换来可靠的外交保证。
But a lack of concrete progress in peace talks so far suggests the president is ceding ground to the Putin regime without securing dependable diplomatic guarantees in return.
拜登时期的俄罗斯事务顾问埃里克·格林对《泰晤士报》表示，任何关于解除对克里姆林宫秘密资金制裁的讨论，都发出了“一个非常强烈的信号，即我们正在放松先前的立场——在乌克兰问题达成解决方案之前，我们不会放松经济制裁和其他代价”。特朗普对普京日益增多的示好，与其政府对泽连斯基不断加大的压力形成鲜明对比。
Biden-era Russia adviser Eric Green told the Times that any talk of lifting sanctions on the Kremlin slush fund sends “a real strong message that we are relaxing the previous position that we weren’t going to relax the economic sanctions and other costs until there was a settlement in Ukraine.”Trump’s growing overtures to Putin come in stark contrast to his administration’s increasing pressure on Zelensky.
本月早些时候，总统在“真相社交”上单方面宣布了一项“能源停火”，事先显然未与莫斯科或基辅进行任何协调。
The president unilaterally announced an “energy ceasefire” via Truth Social earlier this month without any apparent coordination with either Moscow or Kyiv beforehand.
乌克兰最初遵守了这一所谓的暂停令，即两国均不攻击对方的能源基础设施，但在俄罗斯继续猛击其发电厂和其他设施后，乌克兰改变了立场。
Ukraine initially stuck by the supposed moratorium on either country attacking the other’s energy infrastructure before reversing course after Russia continued pummeling its power plants and other facilities.
泽连斯基在宣布恢复攻击时，对特朗普进行了猛烈回击，指责这位美国领导人向俄罗斯独裁者卑躬屈膝。
Zelensky announced the resumed attacks with a fierce retort to Trump, accusing the U.S. leader of kowtowing to the Russian dictator.
“他公开而大声地说，他喜欢这样的人，他尊重这样的人，”这位乌克兰总统对《金融时报》说。“因为对他来说，能够当20年、30年、40年领导人的人，意味着他们可以非常强大。”他还指责美国官员放慢了对前线无人机行动至关重要的卫星互联网覆盖，并威胁说如果乌克兰不遵守能源停火，就扣留军事情报。
“[Trump] speaks about it openly and loudly that he loves such people and he respects such people,” the Ukrainian president told the FT. “Because for him people who can be leaders 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, it means they can be very strong.”He also accused U.S. officials of slowing satellite internet coverage vital to frontline drone operations and threatening to withhold military intelligence if Ukraine did not abide by the energy ceasefire.
特朗普否认了这些说法，呼吁将泽连斯基赶下台，并表示他更愿意与普京谈判，而不是与这位美国在这场冲突中名义上的盟友打交道。
Trump has denied those claims, called for Zelensky’s ouster, and suggested he prefers negotiating with Putin to dealing with the United States’ nominal ally in the conflict.
“泽连斯基不是我们打交道的好对象，”总统本月早些时候对Newsmax表示。“我觉得泽连斯基比普京更难打交道。”《每日野兽》已就此事联系白宫、国务院和财政部寻求置评。
“Zelensky’s not a good guy for us to deal with,” the president told Newsmax earlier this month. “I find Zelensky more difficult to deal with than Putin.”The Daily Beast has contacted the White House, the State Department, and the Treasury for comment on this story.