Russia seems to have given up all pretense of acting civilized with the rest of the world and lately seems to be reveling in its villain role. They are losing the "boots on ground" war, but can continue to lob missiles and level cities, not caring what anyone thinks. The big question is "if NATO gets involved, will they 'not care' enough to use nuclear weapons", which all but irrational people (ie Russians) fear? China the much bigger power, but I suppose they are smart enough to not go the nuke route and maintain some kind of relations with others. Among other things, nukes would almost guarantee devastating crop losses, massive starvation. Let's hope China cools off Russia (and N Korea) for the sake of humanity.