“the Russian psychology....they need and applaud strong leaders”
The biggest country in the world (17,098,242 sq.k. 11.5% of the earth land, spread on two continents Asia /Europe) needs a strong leader like Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander III. Weak leaders never lasted long in power in Russia.
That’s right. Russians demand iron-fisted rule and muscular foreign relations, and that’s what they have always gotten.