Good tsar bad boyar

THEN

[in a beautiful countryside village, two characters are talking]

[yellow, satisfied]
Things are good, harvests are bountiful

[purple, arms crossed]
All thanks to the leadership of our dear leader

NOW

[the village is in ruins, the landscape has gone gray]

[yellow, pissed]
Times are bad, people are starving

[purple, angry]
This is because of the poor work of the underlings