Russians are also men who treat power/strength as a priority. Flexing to them that you are a grown man back with your own strength is likely one of the few ways to garner and keep their respect. A respect necessary to negotiate in any real way.
You know, like all of real life worked before we let women vote and turned all politics into feminine nonsense.
That may work with newbie nuclear powers like Korea or Pakistan, but the Russians have ICBMs and ballistic missile subs, just like we do.
Russians are also men who treat power/strength as a priority. Flexing to them that you are a grown man back with your own strength is likely one of the few ways to garner and keep their respect. A respect necessary to negotiate in any real way.
You know, like all of real life worked before we let women vote and turned all politics into feminine nonsense.