I think that researchers cannot afford to ignore related research done by their predecessors. If it is because they do not understand Russian, then they can use the Japanese method--collect all the papers and translate the lot.
我想，研究人員不能不注意過去有人做過的相關研究，如果是因為不懂俄文，可以學日本的做法﹘﹘蒐集論文，全面翻譯。