“I Have a Message for My Russian Friends”

By Arnold Schwarzenegger  

2022-03-17 （US.E.T.）

翻译：何不笑

我有些话要告诉我的俄罗斯朋友，以及在乌克兰服役的俄罗斯士兵。世界上有些事情一直在瞒着你们，你们需要知道的、可怕的事情。但告诉你们这些残酷的现实之前，让我先跟你们聊聊那个成为我心目中的英雄的俄罗斯人。

1964年我14岁的时候，有机会参加在维也纳举行的世界举重锦标赛。Yury Petrovich Vlasov赢得了世界锦标赛冠军，成为第一个将200公斤重物举过头顶的人。不知怎的，我的一个朋友把我带到了后台。就这样，一个14岁的男孩突然站在了世界上最强壮的人的面前。我简直不敢相信。他伸出手来和我握手，这个男人巨大的手掌“吞下了”我的手，他很亲切，对我笑。

我永远不会忘记那一天。回家后我就把他的照片挂上了床头。开始举重训练后，它激励了我，也激怒了我父亲。因为二战的经历，他不喜欢俄罗斯人。当年他在列宁格勒受了伤（他所在的纳粹军队对那个伟大的城市和它勇敢的人民造成了恶劣的伤害。）我父亲让我把Petrovich的照片拿下来，找个德国或奥地利的英雄挂上。但我没有，因为对我来说，他是哪国人并不重要。

几年后，我在莫斯科拍摄《Red Heat》，这是第一部允许在红场拍摄的美国电影。Yury和我在一起呆了整整一天。他是如此体贴，如此善良，如此聪明，而且非常乐于奉献。他送给我一个蓝色的咖啡杯，我现在每天早上还在用。

之所以告诉你们这些，是想说，自14岁以来，我对俄罗斯人民充满尊敬。俄罗斯人民的力量和心灵一直激励着我。所以，我希望你们允许我告诉你们关于乌克兰战争的真相。

没有人喜欢听到对其政府的批评。我理解这一点。但作为俄罗斯人民的老朋友，我希望你们能听到我要说的话。

去年1月6日，一群疯狂的人冲进美国国会大厦试图推翻我们的政府时，我也曾这样对美国人民说过。有时候，对于如此的错误，我们必须大声说出来。

我知道，你们的政府告诉你们，这是一场让乌克兰“去纳粹化”的战争。这不是真的。去纳粹化的乌克兰？这是一个有犹太总统的国家——补充一下，这个犹太人总统，他父亲的三个兄弟都被纳粹杀害了。乌克兰并没有发动这场战争。民族主义者或纳粹分子也没有。是克里姆林宫的当权者发动了它；这不是俄罗斯人民的战争。

让我告诉你，你应该知道什么。联合国有141个国家投票认为俄罗斯是侵略者，并要求它立即撤军。整个世界上只有4个国家投票支持俄罗斯。这是个事实。由于俄罗斯在乌克兰的行动，世界已经转向反对它。整个城市街区都被俄罗斯的大炮和炸弹夷为平地，包括一家儿童医院和一家妇产医院。300万乌克兰难民，主要是妇女、儿童和老人，已经逃离了这个国家，现在还有更多的人寻求离开。这是一场人道主义危机。由于其野蛮行径，俄国现在已被孤立于各国社会之外。

你们也没有被告知这场战争对俄罗斯自身的后果的真相。我很遗憾地告诉你们，数以千计的俄罗斯士兵已经被杀害。他们被夹在为祖国而战的乌克兰人和为征服而战的俄罗斯领导人之间。大量的俄罗斯装备已经被摧毁或遗弃。俄罗斯的炸弹对无辜平民造成的破坏让世界感到非常愤怒，以至于对该国实施了有史以来最严厉的全球性的经济制裁。战争双方的那些不值得的人都会受到伤害。

俄罗斯政府不仅对其公民撒谎，也对其士兵撒谎。一些士兵被告知他们要去和纳粹作战。有些人被告知，乌克兰人民会像英雄一样欢迎他们。有些人被告知，他们只是去演习——他们甚至不知道他们要去打仗。还有一些人被告知，他们在那里是为了保护乌克兰的俄罗斯族人。这一切都不是真的。俄罗斯士兵正被乌克兰人激烈抵抗，他们希望保护自己的家人。

看到婴儿被从废墟中拉出来时，我感觉就像在看一部关于二战那令人恐惧的纪录片，而不是当天的新闻。当年我父亲抵达列宁格勒时，政府的谎言也让他感到振奋，而当他离开列宁格勒时，他的身心都已崩溃。他的余生都是在痛苦中度过的——背部骨折的痛苦，时刻提醒他那段可怕的岁月，以及内心的愧疚。

俄罗斯士兵已经知道了这个事实的大部分内容。你们已经亲眼看到了。我不希望你们像我父亲一样崩溃。这不是一场像你们的祖辈和曾祖辈那样为保卫俄罗斯而战的战争，这是一场非法的战争。你们的生命、你们的肢体和你们的未来，正被牺牲在一场毫无意义的战争中，受到整个世界的谴责。记住，1100万俄罗斯人与乌克兰有家庭联系，你们射出的每一颗子弹，都是在射杀一个兄弟或姐妹，每一枚炸弹，每一发炮弹，都不是落在敌人身上，而是落在一所学校、一家医院或一个家庭。

我觉得俄罗斯人民可能还没有认识到这种事情正在发生，所以我敦促俄罗斯人民和在乌克兰的俄罗斯士兵，了解你们被宣传的虚假信息。我请你们帮助我传播真相，以便你们的俄罗斯同胞了解正在乌克兰发生的人类灾难。

至于晋凉总统，我要说，是你发动了这场战争，你在领导这场战争，你现在可以停止这场战争。

还有那些在街上抗议入侵乌克兰的俄罗斯人。世界已经看到了你们的勇敢。我们知道，你们已经遭受了这种勇气所带来的后果。你们被逮捕，被关进监狱，被殴打。你们是我的新英雄。你们有Yury Petrovich Vlasov那样的力量，你们才是真正的俄罗斯。

阿诺德·施瓦辛格，加州第38任州长。

I have a message for my Russian friends,and for the Russian soldiers serving inUkraine: There are things going onin the world that have been kept from you, terrible things that you should knowabout. But before I tell you about the harsh realities, let me tell you aboutthe Russian who became my hero.

In 1964, when I was 14 years old, I had thechance to attend the World Weightlifting Championships in Vienna. Yury Petrovich Vlasov won theworld-championship title, becoming the first human being to lift 200 kilogramsover his head. Somehow, a friend of mine got me backstage. All of a sudden a14-year-old boy was standing in front of the strongest man in the world. Icouldn’t believe it. He reached out to shake my hand. I still had a boy’s hand.He had this powerful man’s hand that swallowed mine, but he was kind. And hesmiled at me.

I never forgot that day. I went home andput his photo above my bed. It inspired me when I started lifting weights, butit angered my father. He didn’t like Russians, because of his experience in theSecond World War, when he was injured in Leningrad.(The Nazi army that he was part of did vicious harm to that great city and toits brave people.) My father told me to take Petrovich’s picture down, and tofind a German or Austrian hero. But I did not take the photograph down, becauseit didn’t matter to me what flag he carried.

Years later, I was in Moscowto film Red Heat, the first American movie allowed to film in Red Square. Yuri and I spent the whole day together. Hewas so thoughtful, so kind, so smart, and very giving. He gave me a blue coffeecup that I still use every morning.

The reason I’m telling you all of this isthat ever since I was 14 years old, I’ve had nothing but affection and respectfor the people ofRussia.The strength and the heart of the Russian people have always inspired me. Thatis why I hope that you will let me tell you the truth about the war inUkraine. No onelikes to hear something critical of their government. I understand that. But asa longtime friend of the Russian people, I hope that you will hear what I haveto say.

I spoke to the American people this waylast year on January 6, when a wild crowd was storming the U.S. Capitol tryingto overthrow our government. There are moments that are so wrong that we haveto speak up.

I know that your government has told youthis is a war to de-Nazify Ukraine. This is not true. De-NazifyUkraine? It isa country with a Jewish president—a Jewish president, I might add, whosefather’s three brothers were all murdered by the Nazis.Ukrainedid notstart this war. Neither did nationalists or Nazis. Those in power in theKremlin started this civil war; this is not the Russian people’s war.

Let me tell you what you should know. Onehundred forty-one nations at the United Nations voted thatRussiawas theaggressor and called for it to remove its troops immediately. Only fourcountries in the entire world voted withRussia. That is a fact. The worldhas turned againstRussiabecause of its actions inUkraine.Whole city blocks have been flattened by Russian artillery and bombs, includinga children’s hospital and a maternity hospital. Three million Ukrainianrefugees, mainly women, children, and the elderly, have already fled thecountry, and many more now seek to get out. It is a humanitarian crisis.Russia, becauseof its brutality, is now isolated from the society of nations.

You’re also not being told the truth aboutthe consequences of this war forRussiaitself. I regret to tell youthat thousands of Russian soldiers have been killed. They’ve been caughtbetween Ukrainians fighting for their homeland and the Russian leadership fightingfor conquest. Massive amounts of Russian equipment have been destroyed orabandoned. The destruction that Russian bombs are raining down upon innocentcivilians has so outraged the world that the strongest global economicsanctions ever enacted have been imposed on the country. Those who don’tdeserve it on both sides of the war will suffer.

The Russian government has lied not only toits citizens, but also to its soldiers. Some of the soldiers were told theywere going to fight the Nazis. Some were told that the Ukrainian people wouldgreet them like heroes. Some were told that they was simply going onexercises—they didn’t even know that they were going into war. And some weretold that they were there to protect ethnic Russians inUkraine. Noneof this was true. Russian soldiers have faced fierce resistance from theUkrainians who want to protect their families.

When I see babies being pulled out ofruins, I feel like I’m watching a documentary about the horrors of the SecondWorld War, not the news of today. When my father arrived in Leningrad, he was all pumped up on the liesof his government. When he left Leningrad,he was broken physically and mentally. He spent the rest of his life in pain:pain from a broken back, pain from the shrapnel that always reminded him ofthose terrible years, pain from the guilt that he felt.

Russian soldiers already know much of thistruth. You’ve seen it with your own eyes. I don’t want you to be broken like myfather. This is not a war to defendRussialike your grandfathers andyour great-grandfathers fought. This is an illegal war. Your lives, your limbs,and your futures are being sacrificed for a senseless war, condemned by theentire world. Remember that 11 million Russians have family connections toUkraine. Withevery bullet that you shoot, you shoot a brother or a sister. Every bomb andevery shell that falls is falling not on an enemy, but on a school or ahospital or a home.

I don’t think the Russian people are awarethat such things are happening. So I urge the Russian people and the Russiansoldiers inUkraineto understand the propaganda and the disinformation that you are being told. Iask you to help me spread the truth so that your fellow Russians will know thehuman catastrophe that is happening inUkraine. To President Putin, I say:You started this war. You’re leading this war. You can stop this war now.

And to the Russians who have beenprotesting on the streets against the invasion ofUkraine: The world has seen yourbravery. We know that you have suffered the consequences of your courage. Youhave been arrested. You have been jailed and you’ve been beaten. You are my newheroes. You have the strength of Yury Petrovich Vlasov. You have the true heartofRussia.

据：https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1504426844199669762