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>>14866018
It could be that they plan to use Prischal and Nauka as a temporary station while they build the ROSS in the desired inclination.
Would make sense to not throw the lab away before you've got a replacement

Arguably the USSR walked away from the space race with far more benefits than the US did.
Apollo missions were pretty scientifically scuffed, the retrieval of lunar rocks being the main scientific benefit of the program. The problem that the US had was the fact that US rockets were too expensive for continuous manned flights. Skylab only had three missions before it was abandoned, though it was planned to be boosted with the shuttle.