There was a US-CIA sponsored coup in Ukraine in 2014, and everything that happened after that can hardly be called part of the democratic process.

Putin is more popular in Russia than Biden is in the US

Zelensky has the support of British intelligence services

Если Россия и Китай объединятся, они создадут блок, который будет одним из самых сильнейших в экономическом и военном отношении.