Communism has continued to influence economy in Russia as:
USSR was formerly a communist country which has seen communist giants like Lenin and Stalin leading the country in some important moments in history. Communism is the ideology which drove the people of the country to overthrow the Tsar.
USSR was a communist country until it collapsed and lead to creation of a lot of nations. The newly formed Russia decided to switch to capitalism after it realized that communism would drain the resources of the nation, eventually leading it to a bankrupt state. It opened its economy to the world in 1991.