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The world this week--Politics
本周国际要闻--政治
Some 400 people were arrested across Russia for marking the death of Alexei Navalny, the country’s leading opposition figure.
俄罗斯全国约有400人因纪念该国反对派领袖人物阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼之死而被捕。
Mr Navalny was found dead at the Arctic penal colony to which he had been recently bundled, the result of “sudden death syndrome”, according to the authorities, who refused to release his body to his family.
纳瓦尔尼被发现死在最近他被匆匆送到的北极流放地，据官方称，死因是“猝死综合症”。当局拒绝将他的遗体交给家人。
Politicians in the West held Vladimir Putin responsible.
西方政客认为弗拉基米尔·普京应该为此负责。
Despite his incarceration, Mr Navalny continued to infuriate the Russian president, relaying “Arctic hugs and polar greetings to all” in his new year message.
尽管被监禁，纳瓦尔尼仍继续激怒俄罗斯总统，他在新年贺词中向所有人传递了“北极的拥抱和极地的问候”。
His wife, Yulia Navalnaya, has vowed to continue his work.
他的妻子尤利娅·纳瓦尔纳亚发誓要继续他的工作。
America prepared new sanctions against Russia.
美国准备对俄罗斯实施新的制裁。
The Russian regime has a long reach hitting its enemies.
俄罗斯政权打击敌人的范围很广。
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine was found dead in Spain.
一名叛逃到乌克兰的俄罗斯直升机飞行员被发现死在西班牙。
The head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service described the man as a “traitor and criminal”.
俄罗斯对外情报部门负责人称这名男子是“叛徒和罪犯”。
Russia executed several Ukrainian prisoners of war after capturing Avdiivka, according to reports.
据报道，俄罗斯在占领阿夫迪夫卡后处决了几名乌克兰战俘。
Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky, withdrew his troops from the eastern town to stop them being encircled.
乌克兰新任总司令奥列克桑德·瑟尔斯基上将从乌克兰东部城镇撤出了部队，以防止他们被包围。
The fall of Avdiivka is a blow to Ukraine’s war effort.
阿夫迪夫卡的陷落是对乌克兰战争努力的一次打击。
Russia had briefly occupied it in 2014 before Ukraine retook the town and reinforced its position there.
2014年，俄罗斯曾短暂占领过阿夫迪夫卡，之后乌克兰重新夺回了这座城镇，并巩固了在该地的地位。
Russian flags now flutter again over its municipal buildings.
俄罗斯国旗现在再次飘扬在这座城镇的市政大楼上。
Polish farmers blockaded Poland’s border with Ukraine, stepping up their protest against Ukrainian grain imports, which they blame for undermining their market.
波兰农民封锁了波兰与乌克兰的边境，加强了他们对乌克兰粮食进口的抗议。他们指责乌克兰粮食进口破坏了他们的市场。
The protests present a quandary for the new Polish government, which says it backs the farmers, but is also highly supportive of Ukraine.
抗议活动让波兰新政府进退两难。波兰新政府表示支持农民，但也高度支持乌克兰。
Finland made its strongest accusation yet that Russia is gathering groups of illegal migrants and sending them over the border.
芬兰提出了迄今为止最强烈的指控，称俄罗斯正在聚集非法移民，并将他们送过边境。
The interior minister said that thousands of migrants were waiting to cross, after 1,300 had entered between August and December (before that just one person a day was crossing over).
芬兰内政部长表示数千名移民正在等待过境。在去年8月至12月期间，有1300名移民入境(在此之前，每天只有一人过境)。
New laws are being prepared to boost border security.
正在准备新的法律来加强边境安全。
Britain’s Conservative Party lost two by-elections to the opposition Labour Party, the latest in a run of defeats for the Tories.
英国保守党在两次补选中败给反对党工党，这是保守党连连战败中最近的一次。
By-election losses for governing parties are not uncommon, but the swing to Labour far exceeded the party’s national poll lead of 20% over the Conservatives.
执政党在补选中失利并不罕见，但选民向工党的转变远超过了该党在全国民意调查中对保守党的20%的领先优势。
In Wellingborough, hitherto one of the Tories’ safest seats, the fall in the party’s share of the vote was the biggest since the second world war.
威灵堡是迄今为止保守党最安全的席位之一，该党在该地的得票率的下降幅度是二战以来最大的。
