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>Nauka (Russian science module for the ISS) was originally planned for launch in 2007, now it's supposed to launch in 2021
>Vostochny Cosmodrome was built to replace Baikonur for most domestic launches, went massively over budget and it was found that officials had been embezzled more than $100M in construction funds
>It took 22 years from conception for the first Angara to fly.
>The whole debacle with the hole drilled in Soyuz
>The whole debacle with the upside-down sensor in Proton

In a previous thread, someone compared the current state of the Russian space agency to that of Warhammer 40k; In a lot of places the processes and techniques are maintained by sheer institutional inertia, with the actual reasons behind the techniques lost to time. While obviously an exaggeration, it's true that they're pretty much just coasting off the legacy of Soviet hardware right now. Their new projects just keep hitting barrier after barrier.