It is not just that putin 's personal brand is ageing . The popularity of the entire st petersburg clique around him is falling with him .
不光是普京的个人品牌,整个围绕他的彼得堡派系的声誉也随同他的一起流失。
The timing , less than a week before the first anniversary of the death of his rocket-loving father , kim jong il , appeared to be aimed primarily at solidifying the young mr kim 's leadership clique as well as bolstering his popularity among his oppressed subjects , south korean officials said .
Only pyongyang 's ruling clique knows what it hopes to achieve by all this , but at least two plausible scenarios could link this pair of provocations .
只有平壤的执政集团清楚他们的目标,但至少有两个原因可以解释他们的挑衅。
The result is a highly unusual form of capitalism , dominated by a handful of gigantic firms and controlled by a clique of security officials .
这样就产生了一个非同寻常的资本主义形式,它由一些巨型企业主导、被拥护该形式的一派政府官员所控制。
Mr assad rapidly filled their positions , but in a country governed by a clique held together by personal loyalty , the dead men will not easily be replaced .
The forests were felled , the soils dried up , and the rivers died so that a corrupt and distant clique could profit .
森林倒落,土壤旱裂,河流干涸,这么着腐败而遥远的集团就能得利。
The operations of a government-run gravel company the profits of such enterprises usually flow back to people who are part of , or connected to , the ruling clique make the problem worse .
国营的砂石公司让问题变得更严重,这些企业的利润通常会流向统治集团成员或者其他和他们有关系的人。
The country is run largely in the interests of a ruling clique .
这个国家相当程度上是在按照一个统治集团的喜好运转。
It may be a sign of tolerance for those outside his clique .