俄羅斯步入危機,反對者要求普京下臺

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A prominent opponent has warned Vladimir Putin his days in power are numbered, as Russia awaits the president's response to the dramatic decline of the rouble.

莫斯科（路透社）——一個主要的反對者對普京說他執政的日子不多了，俄羅斯正等待普京對盧布的衰退將作何迴應。

Putin has been silent as the currency collapsed against the U.S. dollar this week before making up some of the lost ground on Wednesday, but he is sure to be asked about it at his end-of-year news conference starting at noon (0900 GMT) on Thursday.

本週盧布對美元急劇貶值，而普京卻一直保持沉默，週三盧布短暫回升，但是在週四中午舉行的年終新聞發佈會上他勢必會被問到這個問題。

Former Prime Minister MikhailKasyanov, an ex-ally who is now an opposition leader, blamed the growing financial crisis on economic mismanagement by Putin, as well as Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and a fall in global oil prices.

前外交部長MikhailKasyanov（他之前是普京的盟友，現在成了反對派領導人）將俄羅斯不斷加深的經濟危機歸咎於普京的經濟管理不善，以及西方的制裁和全球油價的下降。

"Russia is going into decline,"Kasyanov, 57, told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday evening. "2015 isa year in which Putin must make a 'principle' decision."

“俄羅斯正在衰退，”57歲的他對路透社說。“2015年是普京需要做出“原則性”決定的一年。“

Warning the president would face protests,he said Putin could choose a "further squeezing of the political environment", meaning a tightening of the screws on critics, or accept"he needs an exit strategy" and agree to hold free elections early.

他警告道總統將面臨人們的抗議，他說普京可能會進一步的管控政治環境，即對批評者進行更加嚴格的控制，或者他會接受“退出戰略”並同意提前舉行大選。

"As a result of that, (he should have)just a quiet departure through presidential elections. I don't believe he willwin presidential elections if they are free and fair," Kasyanov said.

“導致的結果是，通過總統選舉，他應該會安靜的離開。如果選舉是自由和公正的話，我認爲他將無法贏得總統大選。”