The Bear with a Broken Heart.
Tough as Siberian ice and twice as scarred. Russia’s story is one of suffering, resilience, and a soul forged in vodka, war, and poetry. But its government walks with a gangster’s limp — too paranoid, too proud, too eager to flex.
There’s raw power in the Russian people — stoic, enduring, capable of greatness. But the top-down corruption, the KGB leftovers, the strongman games? That ain’t SphstRDnck. That’s just old-school tyranny with a new haircut.
Verdict: The people? Hard maybe.
The Kremlin? Not even close.