Mr.Cheney delivered his broadside against the Kremlin from Lithuania, and then departed to oil-rich Kazakhstan, where he praised the authoritarian leader as a personal friend.

• 切尼对俄罗斯进行猛烈抨击后，又前往石油储量丰富的哈萨克斯坦，并将哈萨克斯坦的独裁领袖称做自己的好朋友。