well simply because it is part of the Communist ideology (everything should be owed, set by the state).
The command economy under Stalin is credited with turning Russia into a modern industrialized nation, and giving Russia the industrial capacity that it needed to successfully defeat the invading army...
Russia had a totalitarian ecomomy while they were part of the Soviet Union.
An agreement limiting ballistic missiles A multibillion dollar trade agreementThe SALT treaty
various degrees of disaster.
The History of the Soviet Union Until 1941
The 1960 U-2 Crisis in Sverdlovsk of the Soviet Union
The Reorganization of the Soviet Army in 1941
Hitler's Battle Plans for the Invasion of Russia