And Russia is a parasite nation that must steal from others since they produce nothing of value themselves.
At best, communists ordinarily steal others' designs and mimic that or claim it to be their own. Even China's massive manufacturing economy was built with western know-how and licensed or stolen designs.
While some of their best have built on that with small tweaks, as did the Russians, most of the technology was stolen or otherwise obtained from western sources. Cheap labor was the draw, and the potential for profiting off of the West while degrading the western industrial base through grossly imbalanced competition (prices below cost), and using the environmental movement to restrict our own industrial growth.
The Soviets provided seed money to Environmental organizations in the 70s and they became international juggernauts, primarily aimed at the West and our non-Communist trading partners.
It isn't accidental, but a long term strategy on their part.