Stunning and perfection, even though I still think she's tacky. Irina looks great here, the styling works, and there's finally some semblance of a more polished and sophisticated Vogue Russia.
I'm personally ecstatic to see the absence of Demarchelier here, he would have messed it up with his autopilot style of studio photpgraphy for VR. Maybe Irina demanded to work with L&I? Her last cover for instance was shot by Mert & Marcus (who never shot for this magazine again). L&I too are not a team used very often by VR. Plus she seem to be getting only big months (last cover being September). Carrying Bradley Cooper's offspring certainly boosted her career, because quite frankly her modelling skills are as mediocre as that of Ashley Graham.
Re the Vogue Japan comparison, this is much better than their shoot. VJ is consistently being taken for rides by L&I. They may get the girl first, but their shoots are not necessarily superior - Kendall's VG looked better, and so does this one!