There is a really smart and crafty diplomat in the picture above
Also, there is Hillary Clinton
This embedded presumption that Russian technology is inferior and they have to steal it from genius America is simply, utterly absurd. It has been fundamentally proven to be absurd, but US media and attitudes just can’t accept it.
It also matters for sales of things.
Facts:
The last US shuttle flight, a vehicle that had 2 fatal accidents during its run, was July 2011.
The only way to transport astronauts to and from the ISS has been, for 11 years, Russian rockets and vehicles. That’s 11 years of American astronauts not able to reach space unless they use Russian vehicles.
Most of the rockets on US unmanned launches are bought from Russia. Because they have been superior to all US alternatives.
The first oil well fracking ever done was NOT in North Dakota about 10 yrs ago. It was in Russia, 40-50 years ago.
India frequently buys fighter aircraft. They hold a competition for their business. Lockheed, Boeing, Northrup always compete. So does Sukhoi and Mikoyan (was Mikoyan Gurevich). India flies Sukhois. Deemed superior.
No point in laying this out. People are chock full of deception. But this is reality. Russia is ahead in everything but advertising bytes for diets and transgender surgery.