> they get assigned there, steal a lot, get arrested, and new people get assigned, ... This is just an illustration of what the state of things currently is ar

> they get assigned there, steal a lot, get arrested, and new people get assigned, ... This is just an illustration of what the state of things currently is around Russian space efforts. To change that requires changes above that in government operations. There are still a lot of capable engineers and even managers in space industry. But being capital and material heavy, space industry can't hide from corruption, which isn't going anywhere while Kremlin is as it is today. Soyuz spacecraft is a wonderful machine, but lately it more and more served as largely a cash cow and political facade. With Crew Dragon flying, that role diminishes. Given that Proton doesn't provide either, Russian space is left with just a few venues for development. It's hard to see bright sides there until incentives would change.