俄罗斯步入危机,反对者要求普京下台

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）——一个主要的反对者对普京说他执政的日子不多了，俄罗斯正等待普京对卢布的衰退将作何回应。

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.

本周卢布对美元急剧贬值，而普京却一直保持沉默，周三卢布短暂回升，但是在周四中午举行的年终新闻发布会上他势必会被问到这个问题。

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.

前外交部长MikhailKasyanov（他之前是普京的盟友，现在成了反对派领导人）将俄罗斯不断加深的经济危机归咎于普京的经济管理不善，以及西方的制裁和全球油价的下降。

"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."

“俄罗斯正在衰退，”57岁的他对路透社说。“2015年是普京需要做出“原则性”决定的一年。“

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.

他警告道总统将面临人们的抗议，他说普京可能会进一步的管控政治环境，即对批评者进行更加严格的控制，或者他会接受“退出战略”并同意提前举行大选。

"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.

“导致的结果是，通过总统选举，他应该会安静的离开。如果选举是自由和公正的话，我认为他将无法赢得总统大选。”