JILL DOUGHERTY, FORMER CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF: There are several reasons why Vladimir Putin decided to enter the Syrian war at this particular point.

吉尔·多尔蒂：在这个特殊的时刻，弗拉基米尔·普京插足叙利亚战争有一下几点原因。

SUBTITLE: Why is Russia in Syria?

字幕：为什么俄罗斯要插足叙利亚问题?

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俄罗斯总统普京在叙利亚展开了轰炸行动。

DOUGHERTY: President Putin`s action was a shock to the world community. He had been supporting for years President Assad, but almost it appeared overnight, Russia took several actions, sending in a very large amount of military equipment to Syria, air attacks on ISIL, and then finally sending cruise missiles into Syria.

多尔蒂：普京的行为让西方世界震惊。多年来，他一直支持阿萨德总统，但是几乎是一夜之间，俄罗斯采取了几项重大的行动，遣送一大批的军事设备到叙利亚，空袭ISIL，最后是发送巡航导弹到叙利亚。

This is a deft and very bold move by President Putin to show that he is a player, that he and his country have to be reckoned with. Potentially, they could turn the tide. After all, President Assad`s troops were in trouble and President Putin perceived that it was time to get in there and make sure that Assad did not fall.

普京总统这样的行动是大胆的、巧妙的，这展示了他才是玩家，他和自己的国家都不容被小觑。可能，他们会扭转局势毕竟，虽然阿萨德总统的军队深陷困难，并且普京总统认为，是时候参与叙利亚问题，确保阿萨德总统不会倒台。

Another reason that President Putin wanted to enter the fray in Syria was to take attention off what was happening in Ukraine. His country and he getting a lot of criticism and also a lot of sanctions coming his way, and possibly by looking as if he was solving a problem in the world, perhaps Europe and the United States would not want to impose sanctions coming up again in December.

普京插足叙利亚战斗的另外一个原因，是转移大家在乌克兰问题的注意力。因为在乌克兰问题上，俄罗斯以及普京接受了很多外界的谴责和制裁。可能通过观察普京如何解决世界问题，欧洲和美国不会在12月份再次对俄罗斯实施制裁。

Finally, another reason is President Putin has a visceral hatred for any type of weakening of authority in a government. And so, to the end, he has been supporting President Assad simply because he is the leader of Syria. President Putin does not want regimes, even if they`re repressive, to fall, because he feels that chaos will come after that.

最后一个原因是普京总统对任何削弱政府权威的行径非常的厌恶。同时，普京一直支持阿萨德总统，原因很简单，就是因为阿萨德是叙利亚的领导人。尽管叙利亚的政体非常压制，但是普京总统不希望该体质瓦解，因为瓦解之后来临的就是战乱。

JILL DOUGHERTY, FORMER CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF: There are several reasons why Vladimir Putin decided to enter the Syrian war at this particular point.

SUBTITLE: Why is Russia in Syria?

Russian President Putin has launched a bombing campaign in Syria.

DOUGHERTY: President Putin`s action was a shock to the world community. He had been supporting for years President Assad, but almost it appeared overnight, Russia took several actions, sending in a very large amount of military equipment to Syria, air attacks on ISIL, and then finally sending cruise missiles into Syria.

This is a deft and very bold move by President Putin to show that he is a player, that he and his country have to be reckoned with. Potentially, they could turn the tide. After all, President Assad`s troops were in trouble and President Putin perceived that it was time to get in there and make sure that Assad did not fall.

Another reason that President Putin wanted to enter the fray in Syria was to take attention off what was happening in Ukraine. His country and he getting a lot of criticism and also a lot of sanctions coming his way, and possibly by looking as if he was solving a problem in the world, perhaps Europe and the United States would not want to impose sanctions coming up again in December.

Finally, another reason is President Putin has a visceral hatred for any type of weakening of authority in a government. And so, to the end, he has been supporting President Assad simply because he is the leader of Syria. President Putin does not want regimes, even if they`re repressive, to fall, because he feels that chaos will come after that.