Reusing ISS Alpha designs

> NASA and the Europeans fought tooth and nail to prevent the tourist flights to ISS.
> They want a government monopoly on spaceflight.
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But the Russians won in the Tito case. What would happen if someone went to Russia and ignored the Commies in the West? Would the western countries force the Russians to give it up? And with what public arguments? If investor John $ Cash goes to Russia with a large enough wad of money, and the Russians say yes, and if Mr. Cash goes to all the media, stating precisely what he wants, I can hardly see the Western governments telling the media: "We will not permit Mr. Cash and the Russians to do this, because we want to retain our monopoly".