It suits the Russians to make up fluff, to exaggerate their power, and to see Americans stuck in the Cold War mentality to buy into the Russia stronk narrative.
In fact Russian hackers are NOT as powerful as people may think; in fact Trump is not actually in the pay of the Russian President; and in fact Russia lacks a major number of spies in this country that have power in high places. Russia is living in the mere shadow of the Soviet Union - it has to look the part if people are to continue to keep thinking of them in similar light.
