People should investigate, where the roots of some of the technology that they use come from. A lot of Russian innovation in technology, medicine found its way to the West, but as USSR didn't allow individual inventors to take patents, these inventions were "adopted" by Western scientists and with minor modifications promoted as their own.
Russia after USSR's collapse was in a wholesale destruction mode by the Western transnats and local criminal barons, oligarchs, like Khodorkovskij, so innovation was understandably crippled. Come back and ask this question in 5 year's time, once Russia is back on track - it's already going in leaps and bounds, if you care to read Russian papers (Western journals don't re-print/translate).
Russian aviation (this year Russian Far Aviation celebrates 100 year anniversary) was leading. In USSR there were 4 competing construction bureau, with many brilliant airplanes. This was largely destroyed during Yeltsin/USA reign, and the innovation in the aviation industry is basically being rebuilt from scratch now.
PS: What things does USA have? I almost never see "Made in USA" on any of the products.
PSS: About currency. Did you see how Norwegian krone developed recently? Hint: the same way as rouble, yet the country is for some reason rated as AAA.