Extremes do absolutely exist everywhere, but Russian roads <i>are</i> still well-known to be some of the worst in the developed world.  That isn&#x27;t to say that it&#x27;s entirely a problem rooted in lack of funding, though; as it turns out, building roads across permafrost is extremely difficult and Russia has a ton of that across its eleven time zones.  And, even in areas that do periodically thaw, if there&#x27;s a major river nearby (famously: as there is near the Lena Highway), you should be prepared for a really muddy hell during the summer; the Lena Highway becomes impassable when the Lena river floods annually, cutting Yakutsk off from the rest of the country.