HARDEST. Vlad is back in the banya dispensing his personally unique brand of punishment to Georgiy. Master of the discipline he creates, he registers the impact of every penetrating stroke he delivers. Even as he quiets the pain spreading through his victim’s body, he comes back with incessant barrages of deep-felt blows. At 25 minutes, Vlad, like few others, finds Georgiy’s limits. With over 70 strokes still to be delivered, brutal agony wracks Georgiy’s body. The man inside him does not let him down.