>>507844705Evidently not. Since a little NATO support to Ukraine was enough to turn it into something far worse for Russia than any conflict like Korea or Vietnam was for the US in the Cold War. Meanwhile, Russian proxies withered away.
>>507860342BRICS is already a joke. India and China dislike each other (and China directly supplies Pakistan), Russia was relying on Iran and North Korea to sustain military ops, and Brazil has no actual power outside of its limited region. Being an ally of Russia means a pretty good chance of being thrown under the bus when you try to ask for return aid. Armenia, Syria, and now Iran.