普京表示 期待與美國關係正常化

Russian president Vladimir Putin offered a tentative olive branch to the west on Thursday, denouncing myths about Russian aggression and expressing hope that the incoming US administration would work with Moscow to fight terrorism.

俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾.普京(Vladimir Putin)週四試探性向西方伸出橄欖枝，他譴責有關俄羅斯侵略行爲的錯誤觀念，並表示希望即將就任的美國行政當局將與莫斯科方面聯手打擊恐怖主義。

Speaking in the Kremlin’s gilded main hall to both houses of parliament, dozens of senior officials, state company bosses and priests, Mr Putin said that Moscow wanted to normalise relationships with the US under its next president, Donald Trump.

普京在克里姆林宮金色主大廳向議會兩院、數十名高級官員、國有企業老總和宗教界人士表示，莫斯科方面希望在美國下任總統唐納德.特朗普(Donald Trump)主政期間與美國實現關係正常化。

We have a shared responsibility to ensure international security and stability and to strengthen disarmament regimes, Mr Putin said in his annual state of the nation address on Thursday.

我們有確保國際安全與穩定以及加強裁減軍備制度的共同責任，普京在週四發表的年度國情諮文中表示，

I would like to underline that attempts to break strategic parity are highly dangerous and could lead to a global catastrophe.

我想強調，打破戰略均勢的企圖是非常危險的，可能導致一場全球災難。

We cannot forget about this for a second.

我們時刻都不能忘記這一點。

Russia hopes Mr Trump will prove a more willing partner in the Syrian conflict than his predecessor, Barack Obama, who repeatedly fell out with Mr Putin over his support for Syria’s leader, Bashar al-Assad.

俄羅斯希望，特朗普將在敘利亞衝突中被證明是比他的前任巴拉克.奧巴馬(Barack Obama)更加配合的合作伙伴；奧巴馬在普京支持敘利亞領導人巴沙爾.阿薩德(Bashar al-Assad)的問題上一再對普京翻臉。

Russian officials are secretly negotiating an end to the fighting in Aleppo with Syrian rebels, underscoring how the US — which is not a party to the talks — has been sidelined since Russia entered the conflict last year.

目前俄羅斯官員正在與敘利亞反政府武裝進行祕密談判（美國沒有參與），看能否結束阿勒頗(Aleppo)的戰鬥，突顯自去年俄羅斯介入衝突以來，美國已受到排擠。

In his 13th annual address since first becoming president in 2000, Mr Putin adopted a conciliatory tone.

普京在自2000年首次成爲總統後的第13次年度國情諮文中，採取了和緩的語氣。

We are all sick and tired of paid-for information campaigns, inventing and leaking compromising information, and lecturing us — we can teach anyone ourselves if we want to, he said in an apparent reference to warnings of Russia’s meddling in the US election.

我們都厭倦了付費信息宣傳，捏造和泄露不宜公開的信息，並且對我們說教——如果我們想這麼做的話，我們自己也可以對任何人說教，他說，這顯然是指有關俄羅斯插手美國選舉的警告。

Unlike our foreign colleagues who see Russia as an enemy, we are not and have never looked for enemies; we need friends, he declared.

與我們那些把俄羅斯看作敵人的外國同事不同，我們不尋求、也從未尋求敵人；我們需要朋友，他宣告。

Mr Putin claimed that Russia’s economy, mired in a second year of recession, had turned the corner because the country had united around patriotic values to overcome economic problems.

俄羅斯正連續第二年深陷經濟衰退。普京稱，該國經濟已經渡過難關，因爲國家以愛國價值觀爲凝聚力團結在一起，克服經濟問題。

Hailing central bank attempts to drive inflation below 6 per cent this year with an eye to a 4 per cent target by the end of 2017,

普京讚揚央行力求今年將通脹率控制在6%以下，並爭取到2017年底達到4%的通脹目標。

Mr Putin said he wanted Russia’s GDP growth to outstrip global averages by 2019.

普京說，他希望到2019年俄羅斯的國內生產總值(GDP)增長將超過全球平均水平。

The most significant policy announcement came in a call for the government to develop a new taxation system by 2018.

普京在講話中作出的最重大政策宣佈是，要求政府最遲在2018年拿出一套新的稅收制度。

Officials have considered moving away from the 13 per cent flat tax, viewed as one of Mr Putin’s early successes,

官員們已經考慮放棄13%的單一稅率；該稅率被視爲普京早期成功的一個例子。

as the country struggles with a budget deficit amid low global oil prices.

在全球油價低迷的背景下，俄羅斯正艱難應對預算赤字。

As he prepares to enter his 17th year in power, Mr Putin tacitly acknowledged many of Russia’s economic difficulties were self-made.

當他準備進入掌權的第17年之際，普京含蓄承認俄羅斯的許多經濟困難是自己釀成的。

The main reasons for the economic slowdown lie, first and foremost, in economic problems, he said.

經濟減速的主要原因首先在於經濟問題，他說。