"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting...etc.", uttered by many wise individuals, including Bill "BJ" Clinton.
It is a recognized axiom among real Climate Scientists that "climate" cannot be defined or redefined by 100 years worth of weather--- or even 1000 years.
They just don't give up, do they.
The weather cycles the Russian is talking about are less than a thousand years in length.