In making a choice we also have to consider that in the past year 10% of all rocket launches have failed (and that number is higher if you also count the Japanese probe that failed to make its Venus insertion burn in May and is now taking an unscheduled trip around the Sun). A substantial number of those failures have been with Russian equipment. Fortunately the crew they just sent to the ISS made it.

But the reality of a nearly 10% chance of becoming a puddle on the Siberian prairie instead of becoming one of the lucky few members of the 65-Mile High Club is probably a significant motivator to Take The Cash.