Best commentary on Russian vs. US technology prowess:
Hope this is still funny in a few years when comparing Chinese vs. US technology after the full effect of wokeism and dumbing down US education has been felt.
Space is hard.
Van Allen charged particle belts will generate a cumulative dose. It requires time for the accumulation to occur.
Spacecraft beyond about 600 miles altitude and below 8,000 miles will accumulate radiation damage. There are other belts out to 35000 miles but have much less density.
Traversing these belts (which btw do not exist above about 67% latitude +/-) in a short time poses little cumulative dose risk, by definition. Spacecraft seeking high altitude orbits traverse the belts briefly in an ellipse until a circularizing burn completes. The Apollo missions similarly passed through them in a brief time.
As for the Russians, space is hard. If it was easy, the Philippines would have launch complexes on the south part of the islands. Ditto Ecuador. Ditto Singapore. Anywhere near the equator to get a propulsion boost by rotation.
Space is hard. The Russians have a superb program. This is a non event. FYI the day of the Apollo 11 landing, the Washington Post’s front page story was of a Soviet sample return mission that had entered lunar orbit. They have always had spectacular technical academies.