Unless it is directly related to Russia, or election tampering, drop it.
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In 2010 or 2011, HRC while SoS took some time to demean Putin and Russia, and made vague references to his manhood or being a good man. My own experience with Russians, both socially and professionally, is like most cultures, they’re very egotistical individuals. A minor squabble even with a well-educated Russian may end up with a call to fist-fight one another.
If you wanted to be racist about it, you could say they’re not far off from neanderthals.