俄罗斯总理梅德韦杰夫警告称世界陷入"新冷战"

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said strains between Russia and the West have pushed the world "into a new Cold war".

近日，俄罗斯总理梅德韦杰夫表示，俄罗斯和西方之间的紧张关系会将世界推至“新冷战格局”。

"On an almost daily basis, we are being described the worst threat - be it to Nato as a whole, or to Europe, America or other countries," Mr Medvedev said.

梅德韦杰夫说道：“几乎每一天，我们都被描述成是最大的威胁--不只是对整个北约来说，还是对欧洲、对美国或是对其他国家。”

He cited Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg's speeches and films depicting Russia starting a nuclear war.

梅德韦杰夫引用北约秘书长延斯·斯托尔滕贝格的演讲内容以及描述俄罗斯将开启核武器战争的一些电影。

The Cold War was a period of ideological confrontation between the former Soviet Union and Western countries. It began after World War Two and ended with the collapse of the Soviet-led communist camp in the 1989. The 45 years of tension were marked by espionage and proxy wars involving client states. The Nato alliance was established in 1949 to protect Western countries.

冷战是指前苏联和西方国家意识形态对抗的这一时期。它开始于二战结束之时，随着1989年以苏联为首的共产主义阵营解体结束。持续45年的紧张局势中充满了间谍活动和附庸国参与的代理人战争。北约成立于1949年，用于维护西方各国利益。

Russia has recently come under strong criticism over its air strikes in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and over its role in neighbouring Ukraine, which culminated with the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014.

最近一段时间，俄罗斯因利用空袭来支持叙利亚总统阿萨德，以及在2014年吞并邻国乌克兰的克里米亚半岛而广受批评。

In an interview with the BBC at the same Munich conference, Mr Stoltenberg said Russia had changed borders by force and had become more assertive - and that Nato had to be able to respond to threats.

在慕尼黑会议的一次采访中，斯托尔滕贝格表示，俄罗斯通过武力改变了疆土边界，也变得越来越武断，北约不得不对这些威胁有所防备。

"We are not in a cold-war situation, but also not in the partnership that we established at the end of the Cold War," Mr Stoltenberg said. Nato, he said, did not want an escalation, but enhanced political dialogue with Russia.

斯托尔滕贝格说：“我们并未处于冷战的局面当中，现在我们也不是冷战结束时的伙伴关系。”他还表示，北约并不想让这种紧张关系升级，而是希望能促进与俄罗斯的政治对话。