Owlcat proving to be a powerful counterexample to that conjecture.
Yes, one small CRPG company is proof Russia is woke.
It's no small thing to be one of the world's most talented game designers. And to have that work obscured to this extent by both sociopathic/incompetent corporate types and almost absurdly degenerate writers/community managers is pretty much the epitome of the woke disease. Yes, it's a leading indicator, as is the impotence (so far) of the Special Olympics Military Operation (although RUS does this in all their wars. Fortunately for NATO they're likely too weak to fall into the trap Napoleon/Hitler did).
This:
is how that disease operates. All your edginess is in service to some of the most powerful, corrupt, and oppressive institutions in the world. Yes, you are correct, homosexuality often spikes in decadent ages where civilizations decay into empires. That's no credit to homosexuality. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.