A lot of those “private” companies are really under the thumb of the government too.
Crony capitalism is a two-way road. Both businesses and officials has their benefits. You are getting a green light ahead the others and some of your mischiefs are overlooked so you have enourmous advantages but it is that makes you hooked.
It is the choice.
A lot of businesses are playing fair there, ignoring or exposing approaches of corrupt officials and doing just fine. Ask Ikea and Ford.
Russian corruption is overrated. I guess 9 in 10 cases of Russian corruption expierenced by American businesses were a game of con artists of their liberal “Russian expert” empoyees and partners pretending to know how “to solve problems” there. Most of these “corrupt officials” “bribed” this way could be very surprised if they knew.