You are right about standards across our international partners, save one. The Russian modules are all from the MIR era of the Soviet space program, some of it even older. When our Science Vice President, ALGORE, pushed us into bringing the Ruskies on board, we pretty much took their hardware as is. Of course we went over their products as best we could with as fine a comb as we had. I can testify that I certified my corner of the partnership on whatever documentation Energia provided and a one week fact-finding trip to Moscow. Still, we did a pretty good job, considering the kluge the White House forced us into has been working just fine these 20 years.
The NappyOne
Good on ya, then. Even after all the times we and the Russians have flung mud pies at each other over the years, once they found a reliable solution to reach their goal, they stuck with it. Granted, both sides had their share of human losses in the process, but it seemed like Russia took a few extra liberties with their spaceflight hardware and worked their way backwards until they built the family sedan they were looking for. I, for one, always took it as a given when our astronauts were launched to the ISS successfully. A shame they went from Communism to a thugocracy.