So you are basing your judgement on a decades old engine?

They tried everything Musk did in the past and failed. Mostly because they don't have the money to fund it anymore.

Also, they severely upped the price of engines in the last 10 years ( > 350% ), so it was bound to happen sooner or later.

>They tried everything Musk did in the past and failed.

I dont think Russians wanted to make Electric cars, reusable rockets or a Vacuum-tube.

And then it's that:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/26/134490/spacex-bl...

In correlation with SpaceX :)

Russia's space program has been undoubtedly hobbled by their national economic problems. That's been true going back to the USSR days. But, I don't think it's fair to place the blame for that within the space program itself.

A decades old engine that was better and more reliable than many rockets that came later. Most notably the Space Shuttle.

What Musk is doing is absolutely great, but that doesn't change the fact that for the long time, the US depended on Soyuz.