1. No need to knock on the russians
2. How can they hire him? well the same way they hired pilots that barely spoke english, or the ATC personal that had ablsolutely no idea what runway i should land - i mean those things are pretty unsafe, if you ask me. Imagine you flying and they give you a "clear to land call" on the runway that doesnt exist, so you ask again and they do the same **** over again.
All i can say is **** happens, good luck.