It is the result of cyclical economic gloom combined with a secular rise in pressure on rich countries' borders.

这是周期性经济低迷和富国边境上的压力不断增加共同作用的结果。

The economic gloom did not stop the opening of the world's largest artificial ice-skating rink last month in Moscow.

经济衰退并不影响上月莫斯科全世界最大的人造溜冰场的开放。