Russia is a shit hole and has failed in every type of government they’ve ever had.

The soviets found themselves in a feudal shithole, and elevated it to a global super power.

China was also doing no better before “communism”.

Not sure who claims that China is communist, but it’s definitely not the chines. They have a market socialist system (or more accurately SWCC), which still has class society and its own contradictions.

Educate yourself on basic facts before you speak on a topic and stfu until you do so shitlib